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Biotactic was founded and incorporated in 1998 by Dr. Christopher Bunt. We are an internationally active environmental consulting firm focused primarily on fish and wildlife monitoring, fish habitat protection and natural habitat restoration. Examples of some of our recent applied work include remote fish monitoring systems, optimization of fishway performance and nature-like fish bypass channels, ideal fish passage location, and monitoring of fish pass effectiveness. We regularly conduct fish migration and habitat utilization studies, and fisheries projects designed to minimize negative ecological impacts associated with river regulation, river barriers (dams/weirs), and poor water quality.
We have conducted research in affiliation and association with the University of Toronto, University of Waterloo, York University, University of Illinois, University of Prince Edward Island, State University of New York (Syracuse), James Cook University (Australia), University of Guelph, University of Massachusetts, Queens University . We also work with large utilities such as the New York Power Authority, Ontario Power Generation, Hydro Quebec, North American Hydro, legal firms (e.g., Cassels Brock LLC, Frost Todd Brown LLC), government agencies (e.g., Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Alberta Environment, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, City of Kitchener, City of London), management agencies (Grand River Conservation Authority, Lower Colorado River Authority, Metro Toronto and Regional Conservation Authority, Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority, Niagara Restoration Council, The Cree Regional Authority, The Manitoba Floodway Authority, Upper Thames River Conservation Authority), and in partnership with other firms such as Espey-Houston and Associates (Texas), Bio-West Inc. (Texas and Utah), Applied Biometrics Inc. (Ontario), Gartner Lee Limited, Stantec Limited, The Dow Chemical Company, The City of Kitchener, The City of London. Genivar Limited, Simbiota LLC (Brazil), Texas State Parks, and several consulting engineers.
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Some of our recent projects include:
Development of (semi) automated fish counting and identification systems for fishways
Fish movement related to dam closure
FERC re-licensing studies using telemetry to answer key scientific questions related to fish passage
Multi-specific and multi-structural comparisons of fish passage effectiveness
Water diversion and other environmental assessments related to fisheries and aquatic habitat
Habitat requirements and sampling methodologies of endangered fishes in Canada and the United States.


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A great story that sets a lot of things straight. Even if you not a Stones fan, you will be after listening to 23 hours of this book.

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text: HaZarD96 - Of Fear Zero by HaZarD96 published on 2011/06/16 03:56:38 +0000 HaZarD96! was formed back in 2006 by members of My Reavers Tomb and Black Times Infinity. The group's first album single was released in October 2008 on the Irond Records and quickly sent shockwaves throughout the underground metal community. From that moment on, the group played shows further establishing their stronghold as one of the genre's finest. In January 2008, HaZarD96 added two new members to their line- up, A. Sn0rk (vocals) and Dmitry «Delaware» Shel (drums), and moved to the studio to record the Of Fear Zero Single. After spending most of the past year perfecting their new material going into 2009 proved to be a turning point in the young band's career as it marked the planned release of their EP CD with on Irond Records. HaZarD96 release, Of Fear Zero, was produced by guitarist John «HaZarD96», mixed by Evgen Vinsen (Luna Aeterna, TantaL) ) and mastered by Maor Applebaum (Yngwie Malmsteen, Godwrath etc.). This album is a relentless slab of balanced aggression matched with impeccable Synth-Electro sounds and it quickly raises the bar for their peers.


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Chennai: Olympic and Asian Games stars added a touch of glamour to the Madras Cricket Club-Murugappa Gold Cup hockey tournament at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium on Monday. There was the national captain, Dilip Tirkey, wielding the stick for the Indian Airlines, for whom Olympian Samir Dad turned in a splendid performance slotting three goals.
Airlines, which won against Karnataka XI in a Pool D match, featured five who played for India in the disastrous Asiad at Doha, while Ajmer Singh and Gurbaj Singh caught the attention for Air India, along with the former international and the dreaded drag flicker, Len Aiyappa, against Indian Railways in a drawn encounter in Pool C.
Consequent to its second defeat in successive days, the Karnataka squad made its exit, leaving, the defending champion, the Army XI, and Indian Airlines in the quarterfinal from Pool D.
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But the best moments for the sizable crowd were provided by the young drag flicker of the IHF Development team, Vikramjit Singh. The two drag flick goals he produced were brilliant in execution, raising hopes that the national colours for him are only a matter of time.
Vikramjit's show coupled with the peach of a goal that Sarawanjit Singh scored in the second half almost brought the Development team against Mumbai XI back in contention for the quarter-final berth. The squad lost 2-5 against BPCL on the opening day. Mumbai takes on BPCL on Wednesday in the deciding match.
Mumbai had desperate efforts to gain the initiative but goal-keeper Choubey proved a hard nut to crack. He effected quite a few impressive saves from the attacks launched by winger Jayesh Yadav.
Samir Dad raised memories of his halcyon days netting three goals, each one as lovely to behold as the other. His second goal after a passing duel with Ravinder Singh contained an element of charm.
Mr.Rajiv Reddy, Organising Secretary, informed that Army Green from Dhanapur has withdrawn from the tournament following a disruption in its tour programme after the Kolkatta bandh.
This enables Indian Oil and Tamil Nadu XI make the grade from Pool B, with the former taking the top spot on account of the 3-1 victory gained on Sunday.
The results: Pool C: Indian Railways 1 (Prem Kumar) drew with Air India 1 ( Len Aiyappa) HT 1-0; Pool D: Indian Airlines 4 (Samir Dad 3, Ravinder Singh) beat Karnataka XI 1 (Adarsh Ganapathy): HT 3-0; Pool A: IHF Development 3 (Vikramjit Singh 2, Sarawanjit Singh) beat Mumbai XI 0; HT:2-0.
Tomorrow's matches: Air India v Namdhari XI (4-30 p.m.); Indian Airlines v Army XI (6-30 p.m.).


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The applicant should consult with the Planning Department to discuss the feasibility of the request and any additional requirements before submitting an application. (meeting and application deadline schedule) Zoning divides the City into districts for the purpose of regulating land use and development. Zoning addresses items such as the types of uses allowed, building height, setbacks from property lines, lot coverage and minimum lot area. A Special Use Permit (SUP) allows a use, requiring additional review to determine if it is appropriate at a specific site.
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Approval of a Technical Site Plan by the Planning & Zoning Commission is required prior to the issuance of a building permit for Multi-Family development. If the Commission determines that the use complies with the requirements of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance and is compatible with he surrounding area, then the technical site plan may be approved. City Council approval of the technical site plan is not required in most instances. Consult the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance and the Planned Development District (if applicable) for the zoning requirements. These requirements cannot be varied by the Technical Site Plan. A Miscellaneous Development request may be submitted for consideration by the Planning and Zoning Commission for the following items:
If the Commission approves the miscellaneous development application, no further process is normally required, with the exception of Comprehensive Plan amendments and alternate facade requests, which must also be approved by the City Council. Application & Approval Process
Miscellaneous development requests and technical site plans require approximately 60 days to be completed (measured from the application deadline). All other requests require approximately 90 days to be completed (measured from the application deadline). All applications follow the following process:
The applicant must provide a completed application form, the application fee and correct number of drawings of the property being rezoned or site plan for an SUP to the Planning Department. Prior to the processing of an application, any delinquent property taxes must be paid.
The request is distributed to city departments for review. After that review, City staff will make recommendations to the Planning & Zoning Commission and City Council based on the appropriateness of the proposed request and its compliance with the Comprehensive Plan. A copy of the staff recommendation will be provided to the applicant approximately six (6) days prior to the Commission meeting.
The Planning & Zoning Commission meets on the 1st Thursday of each month (meeting schedule) and makes the final decision on technical site plans and miscellaneous development cases. The Commission will review the request at a public hearing. The Commission may either approve or deny the request for a technical site plan or miscellaneous development request.
For rezoning or SUP requests, the Commission may either recommend approval or denial. If the request is recommended for approval, it will be forwarded to the City Council. If the request is recommended for denial, the application is deemed denied, and no further action will be taken unless City Council requests a hearing or the applicant requests an appeal of the Commission's decision to the City Council.
The appeal must be in writing and submitted to the Planning Department within ten (10) days after the recommendation of the Planning & Zoning Commission. A favorable vote of three-fourths (3/4) of all members of City Council is required to overrule a recommendation of denial. (See Article XXXI of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance.)
The City Council meets on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month and makes the final decision on zoning and SUP cases. The City Council will review the rezoning or SUP request at a public hearing. If the rezoning or SUP application is approved, the Council will ratify an ordinance enacting the new zoning or SUP approximately four (4) weeks later. In some instances, the ordinance may be ratified on the same agenda as the public hearing.
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Mailed within one week $25 Mailed within one day $50 Immediate/on-the-spot service $100 How to Look Up Zoning
How can I find out what uses are allowed on my property?
First, use the Interactive City Map to find which zoning district your property is in. Then open Article 5 of the Zoning Ordinance and look for the spreadsheets with the uses and zoning districts. Read vertically down the "types of uses" column on the left until you find a particular use, then horizontally across the row until you find the correct zoning district column, and see what is in the cell at the intersection of the use row and the zoning district column. A "dot" in the cell means the use is permitted. An "S" in the cell means you must apply for and receive a Special Use Permit for that use. A blank cell means the use is not permitted.
The zoning map says "PD" something. What does that mean?
"PD" stands for "Planned Development." Planned development districts are numbered in the order they were created (for example, "PD-38" was the thirty-eighth planned development created). You should also see a zoning district category nearby, in parentheses. This is the "base zoning." A planned development has additional requirements above and beyond the "base zoning." Sometimes a planned development changes permitted uses, adding or removing some. Sometimes a planned development imposes additional design or landscaping requirements. To determine what these additional requirements or regulations are, contact the Planning Department.
What do the other initials and numbers in the zoning district labels mean?
This Legend explains the initials. "SF" districts are "single-family" residential districts; "LR" districts are "local retail" districts, etc. Higher numbers indicate that more intense uses are allowed.
What about "SUP" followed by a number? What does that mean?
"SUP" stands for "Special Use Permit." These are uses that are allowed at a specific location if they meet certain additional requirements. SUPs are numbered to keep track of them as they are created. Here is a list of SUP's.
How do I know what my building setbacks or height limits are, or how much brick has to be on the building?
The development standards (building setbacks, height limits, brick requirements, etc.) are found in the appropriate article of the Zoning Ordinance. For example, the standards for the "LR-2" zoning district are found in Article 14, which deals with the "LR-2" zoning district. Parking and landscaping requirements for all zoning districts are found in Articles 24 and 25 of the Zoning Ordinance, respectively.
How do I find out the particular requirements for a Planned Development? For a quick answer to a simple question (such as "is use "X" permitted in this Planned Development?") you can phone, write or e-mail the Urban Development Department. However, for more complete information you should contact the Building Inspection Department. It is our "one-stop-shop" for development, and they will let you know everything you need to know in order to open or build a business at a particular location. Sign Regulations
Sign regulations in Carrollton are not part of the Zoning Ordinance. They are administered by the Building Inspection Department. Go to the Signs and Banners page. At the bottom of that page are links to two downloadable versions (Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat PDF) of the sign ordinance. Tree Preservation
On June 6, 2000, City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2520 first establishing a tree protection ordinance. Strictly speaking, the Tree Ordinance is not a part of the Zoning Ordinance, but it may affect development. You can download a copy of the latest version of the ordinance, read a summary of it or see answers to ten frequent questions. Each is in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.
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US 7516588 B2 Abstract Floorboards with a mechanical locking system that allows movement between the floorboards when they are joined to form a floating floor.
Claims(6) 1. A locking system for mechanical joining of floorboards, in which locking system the joined floorboards have a horizontal plane which is parallel to a floor surface and a vertical plane which is perpendicular to the horizontal plane, which locking system has mechanically cooperating locks for vertical joining parallel to the vertical plane and for horizontal joining parallel to the horizontal plane of a first and a second joint edge, and in which locking system the vertical lock comprises a tongue which cooperates with a tongue groove and the horizontal lock comprises a locking element with a locking surface which cooperates with a locking groove, each of the first and the second joint edge has upper and lower joint edge portions positioned between the tongue and the floor surface, the upper joint edge portions being closer to the floor surface than the lower joint edge portions, and in which locking system, when the floorboards are joined and pressed towards each other the upper joint edge portion in the first joint edge overlaps the lower joint edge portion in the second joint edge,
wherein when the floorboards are joined and pressed towards each other, the two upper joint edge portions are spaced from each other,
wherein the floorboards have a surface layer of laminate and a core of fiber-board-based material, and that the upper overlapping joint edge portion is formed in this surface layer and in the upper portions of the core next to the surface layer, and that the vertical extent of the overlapping portion is less than 0.1 times the floor thickness.
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Description The present application claims priority of Swedish Patent Application No. 0400068-3, filed in Sweden on Jan. 13, 2004 and U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/537,891, filed in the United States on Jan. 22, 2004, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference. The invention relates generally to the technical field of locking systems for floorboards. The invention concerns on the one hand a locking system for floorboards which can be joined mechanically and, on the other hand, floorboards and floor systems provided with such a locking system and a production method to produce such floorboards. The present invention is particularly suited for use in floating wooden floors and laminate floors, such as massive wooden floors, parquet floors, floors with a surface of veneer, laminate floors with a surface layer of high pressure laminate or direct laminate and the like. The following description of prior-art technique, problems of known systems as well as objects and features of the invention will therefore as non-limiting examples be aimed mainly at this field of application. However, it should be emphasized that the invention can be used in any floorboards, which are intended to be joined in different patterns by means of a mechanical locking system. The invention may thus also be applicable to floors which are glued or nailed to the sub floor or floors with a core and with a surface of plastic, linoleum, cork, varnished fiberboard surface and the like. In the following text, the visible surface of the installed floorboard is called �front side�, while the opposite side of the floorboard facing the subfloor is called �rear side�. By �floor surface� is meant the major outer flat part of the floorboard, which is opposite to the rear side and which is located in one single plane. Bevels, grooves and similar decorative features are parts of the front side but they are not parts of the floor surface. By �laminate floor� is meant a floor having a surface, which consists of melamine impregnated paper, which has been compressed under pressure and heat. �Horizontal plane� relates to a plane, which is extended parallel to the outer part of the floor surface. �Vertical plane� relates to a plane perpendicular to the horizontal plane. The outer parts of the floorboard at the edge of the floorboard between the front side and the rear side are called �joint edge�. By �joint edge portion� is meant a part of the joint edge of the floorboard. By �joint� or �locking system� are meant cooperating connecting means, which interconnect the floorboards vertically and/or horizontally. By �mechanical locking system� is meant that joining can take place without glue. Mechanical locking systems can in many cases also be joined by glue. By �vertical locking� is meant locking parallel to the vertical plane. As a rule, vertical locking consists of a tongue, which cooperates with a tongue groove. By �horizontal locking� is meant locking parallel to the horizontal plane. By �joint opening� is meant a groove which is defined by two joint edges of two joined floorboards and which is open to the front side. By �joint gap� is meant the minimum distance between two joint edge portions of two joined floorboards within an area, which is defined by the front side and the upper part of the tongue next to the front side. By �open joint gap� is meant a joint gap, which is open towards the front side. By �visible joint gap� is meant a joint gap, which is visible to the naked eye from the front side for a person walking on the floor, or a joint gap, which is larger than the general requirements on joint gaps established by the industry for various floor types. With �continuous floating floor surface� is meant a floor surface, which is installed in one piece without expansion joints. Traditional laminate and parquet floors are usually installed floating on an existing subfloor. The joint edges of the floorboards are joined to form a floor surface, and the entire floor surface can move relative to the subfloor. As the floorboards shrink or swell in connection with the relative humidity RH varying during the year, the entire floor surface will change in shape. Floating floors of this kind are usually joined by means of glued tongue and groove joints. In laying, the boards are brought together horizontally, a projecting tongue along the joint edge of one board being inserted into a tongue groove along the joint edge of an adjoining board. The tongue and groove joint positions and locks the floorboards vertically and the glue locks the boards horizontally. The same method is used on both long side and short side, and the boards are usually laid in parallel rows long side against long side and short side against short side. In addition to such traditional floating floors, which are joined by means of glued tongue and groove joints, floorboards have been developed in recent years, which do not require the use of glue but which are instead joined mechanically by means of so-called mechanical locking systems. These systems comprise locking means, which lock the boards mechanically horizontally and vertically without glue. The vertical locking means are generally formed as a tongue, which cooperates with a tongue grove. The horizontal locking means comprising a locking element, which cooperates with a locking groove. The locking element could be formed on a strip extending from the lower part of the tongue groove or it could be formed on the tongue. The mechanical locking systems can be formed by machining the core of the board. Alternatively, parts of the locking system such as the tongue and/or the strip can be made of a separate material, which is integrated with the floorboard, i.e., already joined with the floorboard in connection with the manufacture thereof at the factory. The floorboards can be joined mechanically by various combinations of angling, snapping-in, vertical change of position such as the so-called vertical folding and insertion along the joint edge. All of these installation methods, except vertical folding, require that one side of the floorboard, the long or short side, could be displaced in locked position. A lot of locking systems on the market are produced with a small play between the locking element and the locking grove in order to facilitate displacement. The intention is to produce floorboards, which are possible to displace, and which at the same time are connected to each other with a fit, which is as tight as possible. A very small displacement play of for instance 0.01-0.05 mm is often sufficient to reduce the friction between wood fibers considerably. According to The European Standard EN 13329 for laminate floorings joint openings between floorboards should be on an average ≦0.15 mm and the maximum level in a floor should be ≦0.20 mm. The aim of all producers of floating floors is to reduce the joint openings as much as possible. Some floors are even produced with a pre-tension where the strip with the locking element in locked position is bended backwards towards the sub floor and where the locking element and the locking groove press the panels tightly against each other. Such a floor is difficult to install. Wooden and laminate floors are also joined by gluing or nailing to the subfloor. Such gluing/nailing counteracts movements due to moisture and keeps the floorboards joined. The movement of the floorboards occurs about a center in each floorboard. Swelling and shrinking can occur by merely the respective floorboards, and thus not the entire floor surface, changing in shape. Floorboards that are joined by gluing/nailing to the subfloor do not require any locking systems at all. However, they can have traditional tongue and groove joints, which facilitate vertical positioning. They can also have mechanical locking systems, which lock and position the floorboards vertically and/or horizontally in connection with laying. The advantage of floating flooring is that a change in shape due to different degrees of relative humidity RH can occur concealed under baseboards and the floorboards can, although they swell and shrink, be joined without visible joint gaps. Installation can, especially by using mechanical locking systems, take place quickly and easily and the floor can be taken up and be laid once more in a different place. The drawback is that the continuous floor surface must as a rule be limited even in the cases where the floor consists of relatively dimensionally stable floorboards, such as laminate floor with a fiberboard core or wooden floors composed of several layers with different fiber directions. The reason is that such dimensionally stable floors as a rule have a change in dimension, which is about 0.1% corresponding to about 1 mm per meter when the RH varies between 25% in winter and 85% in summer. Such a floor will, for example, over a distance of ten meters shrink and swell about 10 mm. A large floor surface must be divided into smaller surfaces with expansion strips, for example, every tenth or fifteenth meter. Without such a division, it is a risk that the floor when shrinking will change in shape so that it will no longer be covered by baseboards. Also the load on the locking system will be great since great loads must be transferred when a large continuous surface is moving. The load will be particularly great in passages between different rooms. According to the code of practice established by the European Producers of Laminate Flooring (EPLF), expansion joint profiles should be installed on surfaces greater than 12 m in the direction of the length of the individual flooring planks and on surfaces greater than 8 m in the width direction. Such profiles should also be installed in doorways between rooms. Similar installation guidelines are used by producers of floating floors with a surface of wood. Expansion joint profiles are generally aluminum or plastic section fixed on the floor surface between two separate floor units. They collect dirt, give an unwanted appearance and are rather expensive. Due to these limitations on maximum floor surfaces, laminate floorings have only reached a small market share in commercial applications such as hotels, airports, and large shopping areas. Unstable floors, such as homogenous wooden floors, may exhibit still greater changes in shape. The factors that above all affect the change in shape of homogenous wooden floors are fiber direction and kind of wood. A homogenous oak floor is very stable along the fiber direction, i.e., in the longitudinal direction of the floorboard. In the transverse direction, the movement can be 3% corresponding to 30 mm per meter or more as the RH varies during the year. Other kinds of wood exhibit still greater changes in shape. Floorboards exhibiting great changes in shape can as a rule not be installed floating. Even if such an installation would be possible, the continuous floor surface must be restricted significantly. The advantage of gluing/nailing to the subfloor is that large continuous floor surfaces can be provided without expansion joint profiles and the floor can take up great loads. A further advantage is that the floorboards do not require any vertical and horizontal locking systems, and they can be installed in advanced patterns with, for example, long sides joined to short sides. This method of installation involving attachment to the subfloor has, however, a number of considerable drawbacks. The main drawback is that as the floorboards shrink, a visible joint gap arises between the boards. The joint gap can be relatively large, especially when the floorboards are made of moisture sensitive wood materials. Homogenous wooden floors that are nailed to a subfloor can have joint gaps of 3-5 mm. The distance between the boards can be irregularly distributed with several small and some large gaps, and these gaps are not always parallel. Thus, the joint gap can vary over the length of the floorboard. The large joint gaps contain a great deal of dirt, which penetrates down to the tongue and prevents the floorboards from taking their original position in swelling. The installation methods are time-consuming, and in many cases the subfloor must be adjusted to allow gluing/nailing to the subfloor. It would therefore be a great advantage if it were possible to provide a floating floor without the above drawbacks, in particular a floating floor which a) May comprise a large continuous surface without expansion joint profiles, b) May comprise moisture sensitive floorboards, which exhibit great dimensional changes as the RH varies during the year. The present invention relates to locking systems, floorboards and floors which make it possible to install floating floors in large continuous surfaces and with floorboards that exhibit great dimensional changes as the relative humidity (RH) changes. The invention also relates to production methods and production equipment to produce such floors. A first object of the present invention is to provide a floating floor of rectangular floorboards with mechanical locking systems, in which floor the size, pattern of laying and locking system of the floorboards cooperate and allow movements between the floorboards. According to an embodiment of the invention, the individual floorboards can change in shape after installation, i.e., shrink and swell due to changes in the relative humidity. This can occur in such a manner that the change in shape of the entire floor surface can be reduced or preferably be eliminated while at the same time the floorboards remain locked to each other without large visible joint gaps. A second object is to provide locking systems, which allow a considerable movement between floorboards without large and deep dirt-collecting joint gaps and/or where open joint gaps could be excluded. Such locking systems are particularly suited for moisture sensitive materials, such as wood, but also when large floating floors are installed using wide and/or long floorboards. The terms long side and short side are used in the description to facilitate understanding. The boards can according to the invention also be square or alternately square and rectangular, and optionally also exhibit different patterns and angles between opposite sides. It should be particularly emphasized that the combinations of floorboards, locking systems and laying patterns that appear in this description are only examples of suitable embodiments. A large number of alternatives are conceivable. All the embodiments that are suitable for the first object of the invention can be combined with the embodiments that describe the second object of the invention. All locking systems can be used separately in long sides and/or short sides and also in various combinations on long sides and short sides. The locking systems having horizontal and vertical locking means can be joined by angling and/or snapping-in. The geometries of the locking systems and the active horizontal and vertical locking means can be formed by machining the edges of the floorboard or by separate materials being formed or alternatively machined before or after joining to the joint edge portion of the floorboard. According to a first embodiment, a floating floor comprises rectangular floorboards, which are joined by a mechanical locking system. The joined floorboards have a horizontal plane, which is parallel to the floor surface, and a vertical plane, which is perpendicular to the horizontal plane. The locking system has mechanically cooperating locks for vertical joining parallel to the vertical plane and for horizontal joining parallel to the horizontal plane of a first and a second joint edge. The vertical locks comprise a tongue, which cooperates with a groove, and the horizontal locks comprise a locking element with a locking surface cooperating with a locking groove. The format, installation pattern and locking system of the floorboards are designed in such a manner that a floor surface of 1*1 meter can change in shape in at least one direction at least 1 mm when the floorboards are pressed together or pulled apart. This change in shape can occur without visible joint gaps. According to a second embodiment, a locking system is provided for mechanical joining of floorboards, in which locking system the joined floorboards have a horizontal plane which is parallel to the floor surface and a vertical plane which is perpendicular to the horizontal plane. The locking system has mechanically cooperating locks for vertical joining parallel to the vertical plane and for horizontal joining parallel to the horizontal plane of a first and a second joint edge. The vertical locks comprise a tongue, which cooperates with a groove and the horizontal of a locking element with a locking surface, which cooperates with a locking groove. The first and the second joint edge have upper and lower joint edge portions located between the tongue and the floor surface. The upper joint edge portions are closer to the floor surface than the lower. When the floorboards are joined and pressed against each other, the two upper joint edge portions are spaced from each other and one of the upper joint edge portions in the first joint edge overlaps a lower joint edge portion in the second joint edge. According to several preferred embodiments of this invention, it is an advantage if the floor comprises rather small floorboards and many joints, which could compensate swelling and shrinking. The production tolerances should be rather small since well-defined plays and joint openings are generally required to produce a high quality floor according to the invention. Small floorboards are however difficult to produce with the required tolerance since they have a tendency to turn in an uncontrolled manner during machining. The main reason why small floorboards are more difficult to produce than large floorboards is that large floorboard has a much large area, which is in contact with a chain and a belt during the machining of the edges of the floorboards. This large contact area keeps the floorboards fixed by the belt to the chain in such a way that they cannot move or turn in relation to the feeding direction, which may be the case when the contact area is small. Production of floorboards is essentially carried out in such manner that a set of tools and a floorboard blank are displaced relative to each other. A set of tools comprises preferably one or more milling tools which are arranged and dimensioned to machine a locking system in a manner known to those skilled in the art. The most used equipment is an end tenor, double or single, where a chain and a belt are used to move the floorboard with great accuracy along a well defined feeding direction. Pressure shoes and support unites are used in many applications together with the chain and the belt mainly to prevent vertical deviations. Horizontal deviation of the floorboard is only prevented by the chain and the belt. The problem is that in many applications this is not sufficient, especially when panels are small. A third object of the present invention is to provide equipment and production methods which make it possible to produce floorboards and mechanical locking systems with an end tenor but with better precision than what is possible to accomplish with known technology. Equipment for production of building panels, especially floorboards, comprises a chain, a belt, a pressure shoe and a tool set. The chain and the belt are arranged to displace the floorboard relative the tool set and the pressure shoe, in a feeding direction. The pressure shoe is arranged to press towards the rear side of the floorboard. The tool set is arranged to form an edge portion of the floorboard when the floorboard is displaced relative the tool set. One of the tools of the tool set forms a guiding surface in the floorboard. The pressure shoe has a guiding device, which cooperates with the guiding surface and prevents deviations in a direction perpendicular to the feeding direction and parallel to the rear side of the floorboard. It is known that a grove could be formed on the rear side of a floorboard and that a ruler could be inserted into the groove to guide the floorboards when they are displaced by a belt that moves the boards on a table. It is not known that special guiding surfaces and guiding devices could be used in an end tenor where a pressure shoe cooperates with a chain. A fourth object of the present invention is to provide a large semi-floating floor of rectangular floorboards with mechanical locking systems, in which floor the format, installation pattern and locking system of the floorboards are designed in such a manner that a large semi-floating continuous surface, with length or width exceeding 12 m, could be installed without expansion joints. The strength of a mechanical locking system is of great importance in large continuous floating floor surfaces. Such large continuous surfaces are defined as a floor surface with length and/or width exceeding 12 m. Very large continuous surfaces are defined as floor surfaces with length and/or width exceeding 20 m. There is a risk that unacceptable joint gaps will occur or that the floorboards will slide apart, if the mechanical locking system is not sufficiently strong in a large floating floor. Dimensionally stable floorboards, such as laminate floors, which show average joint gaps exceeding 0.2 mm, when a tensile load of 200 kg/m is applied, are generally not suitable to use in a large high quality floating floor. The invention could be used to install continuous floating floors with a length and/or width exceeding 20 m or even 40 m. In principle there are no limitations. Continuous floating floors with a surface of 10,000 m2 or more could be installed according to invention. Such new types of floating floors where the major part of the floating movement, in at least one direction, takes place between the floorboards and in the mechanical locking system are hereafter referred to as Semi-floating Floors. Practical experiments demonstrate that a floor with a surface of veneer or laminate and with a core of a fiberboard-based panel, for instance a dimensionally stable high quality HDF, can be manufactured so as to be highly dimensionally stable and have a maximum dimensional change in home settings of about 0.5-1.0 mm per meter. Such semi-floating floors can be installed in spaces of unlimited size, and the maximum play can be limited to about 0.1 mm also in the cases where the floorboards have a width of preferably about 120 mm. It goes without saying that still smaller floorboards, for instance 0.4*0.06 m, are still more favorable and can manage large surfaces also when they are made of materials that are less stable in shape. According to a first embodiment, a new type of semi-floating floor where the individual floorboards are capable of moving and where the outer dimensions of the floor need not be changed. This can be achieved by optimal utilization of the size of the boards, the mobility of the locking system using a small play and a small joint gap, and the installation pattern of the floorboards. A suitable combination of play, joint gap, size of the floorboard, installation pattern and direction of laying of the floorboards can thus be used in order to wholly or partly eliminate movements in a floating floor. Much larger continuous floating floors can be installed than is possible today, and the maximum movement of the floor can be reduced to the about 10 mm that apply to current technology, or be completely eliminated. All this can occur with a joint gap which in practice is not visible and which is not different, regarding moisture and dirt penetration, from traditional 0.2 m wide floating floorboards which are joined in parallel rows by pretension or with a very small displacement play which does not give sufficient mobility. As a non-limiting example, it can be mentioned that the play 20 and the joint gap 21 in dimensionally stable floors should preferably be about 0.1-0.2 mm. An especially preferred embodiment according to the invention is a semi-floating floor with the following characteristics: The surface layer is laminate or wood veneer, the core of the floorboard is a wood based board such as MDF or HDF, the change in floor length Δ TL is at least 1.0 mm when a force F of 100 kg/m is used, the change in floor length Δ TL is at least 1.5 mm when a force F of 200 kg/m is used, average joint gaps do not exceed 0.15 mm when the force F is 100 kg/m and they do not exceed 0.20 mm when the force F is 200 kg/m. The function and joint quality of such semi-floating floorboards will be similar to traditional floating floorboards when humidity conditions are normal and the size of the floor surface is within the generally recommended limits. In extreme climate conditions or when installed in a much larger continuous floor surface, such semi-floating floorboard will be superior to the traditional floorboards. Other combinations of force F, change in floor length Δ TL and joint gap 21 could be used in order to design a semi-floating floor for various application. In the above-preferred embodiments, the overlapping joint portion 18 is made in the tongue side, i.e., in the joint edge having a tongue 10. This overlapping joint portion 18 can also be made in the groove side, i.e., in the joint edge having a groove 9. Although only preferred embodiments are specifically illustrated and described herein, it will be appreciated that many modifications and variations of the present invention are possible in light of the above teachings and within the purview of the appended claims without departing from the spirit and intended scope of the invention. Patent Citations
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I'm looking to move the family from Maine to Florida but have no idea what part of Florida to consider. I'm looking for an area that was a good job market, good schools and low crime. Can anyone make a suggestion? Thanks!
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Have you googled relocating to florida, looked at the best places to live magazine (I think it is a special issue of Money, but I am not sure), tried to find books on the subject, etc.??
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How old are the kids? Want beach, rural? You asked to broad of a question. What kind of jobs?
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I live in Central Florida. Orlando was recently rated #6 in "Most Dangerous U.S. Cities," Miami was even worse, and Ft. Lauderdale area was right in there too. Overall, another study ranks the state of Florida as the #5 most dangerous.
Economics -- we slipped into recession before the rest of the country. The housing bubble burst, and our red hot construction came to a screeching halt. With the retirement of the space shuttle program, there will be thousands more looking for work soon.
There are tons of houses in foreclosure even in our nice neighborhood. We have a rental property (near the beach) that was valued around $200K, we owe $135K, and can't even get a short sale at $65K - which is about what the homes originally sold for 30+ years ago. A Red Lobster that opened in town had a line of about 1,800 people for a few open positions as servers.
Schools -- well, Florida is not known for good schools, and with this economy, things are really getting bad. Social services are overburdened and being cut back as well.
Other than the fact that you won't freeze to death here, I'm not sure you want to consider Florida at this time. What type of job are you looking for? If you are a healthcare professional or the like, you may be able to find work. -
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Looking for jobs in Insurance or Accounting. Near the coast (not sure if west or east) and the kids are 3 and 7.
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You might want to find some jobs first, then that may help you decide where...If it were me, I would opt for the JAX area. Again, depends on what you are looking for. Your vagueness is overwhelming.
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I didn't mean to sound so dire. It's just that Florida used to be the place to come for jobs -- that's why I moved here, way back when. Now I have friends losing their homes, living in their cars, etc. It's certainly not bad everywhere; Wayne has listed areas mainly to the north. Wayne's advice concerning areas to avoid if you want to find low crime and a good family atmosphere. Beaches are usually within reach, even though you may not end up living on the coast.
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My suggestion would be not to move to Florida until you have secured a job. Unemployment is high and jobs are few and far between..... The only saving grace is the weather. You will not freeze to death living under an Interstate Bridge in Orlando, Tampa or Miami.
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Tourism cities have extremely high crime rates because the FBI averages the total number of crimes, including the ones tourists commit, with the permanent population.
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Before making any decision on where to live I would do a lot of investigation of public schools. FL is known for having quite poor public schools (so many retirees aren;t interested that there is limited support for school expenditures). If it were me I would look at the states with the best public schools and then start choosing based on job opportunities/economy.
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Our schools are not all bad, every County has some that are very good and some that are not so good. Florida schools are not poorly funded anymore. We have made huge strides in lowering class sizes and making new textbooks available. Each school in each County is graded so a person can see how well a local school is doing. The problems associated with finding a job are real. If you can find a job the real estate market is great. Many houses are selling at half of the value they had three years ago. Don't be afraid of beach communities like Sarasota, St Pete, or Fort Myers, conditions may not be perfect but they are far from dire. One great savings for Floridians is that shorts and flops cost a lot less than boots and coats. Real Floridians and many transplants are warm caring people that enjoy life with 300+ days of sunshine a year.
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redrock - good point; the Orlando area is more like 2 Million, whereas the city itself is on the 200K size. Since cities have all grown together (Orlando, Winter Park, Maitland, Altamonte Springs, Pine Hills, Longwood, etc.), one really must consider the Orlando metro area figures.
nytraveler - I live in an area with tons of retirees. The neverending story we hear is that they don't want to pay property taxes to support the schools. "We don't have any children going to school, why should WE have to pay?" This really gripes me -- others paid for them when they were in school. That's the whole idea...well, let me just stop right there.
stpeterb - looks like we're about the scrap the class size amendment due to budget constraints. Oh well, it was never really implemented in my area anyway. And that FCAT is just a joke. But it IS cheaper to live here -- no income tax, no lined pants or heavy jackets. As you said, flip flops and shorts will get you through 9 months of the year, at least. -
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We enjoy the Naples area a lot. Not quite so blue-haired with lots to see and do. That area is very south, so all winter you would have amazing weather, but the summer could get a bit much!
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The Gulf coast may offer more of what you're looking for. Check ut Naples and Bonita Springs. Both are upscale beach communities.
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This is a great place to ask a question about relocating (which is sort of like the ultimate type of "traveling" in my opinion). This is a very active forum with many people who have travelled all around the country or already live in the area you may want to know about. They are people who enjoy talking about different areas of the country and enjoy helping others learn more about them. I have found many people here to be friendly, welcoming and an endless source of useful knowledge. So, just ignore those who are being negativ. If they're not going to answer the question - they should just move on to another post!
Back to the question... I think unless you can afford to live in Palm Beach, Wayne's suggestions are very good. I especially like Bartow & Madison. -
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"So, just ignore those who are being negativ. If they're not going to answer the question - they should just move on to another post!"
This is a travel website, not a relocation one. There is a forum for mindless chit-chat--the Fodors Lounge--where relocation questions (and the OP ONLY posts relocation questions) are better handled. -
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""one really must consider the Orlando metro area figures.""
I'm telling you the way the FBI computes the figures. -
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Why did you open this post if you weren't interested? Nothing better to do! Re-locating is absolutely travel related! -
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I agree with Wayne's advice and suggest you look seriously at north FL-from Pensacola to J'ville. I live in Tallahassee and accounting and insurance backgrounds are excellent for the job market here. This a very white collar town with state government, two universities and a large community college. Being the state capital, it is also home to many non-profits, trade associations, lobbying groups, etc. The current unemployment rate in Leon County (Tallahassee) is 6.2%, fourth lowest in the state, but extremely high historically for Leon County.
There are two schools in the school zone in which I live that achieved the national honor of "Blue Ribbon School" in the past few years. This is considered to be the highest honor an American school can achieve.
Warning. This is north Florida and it does get cold here. Sometimes, at night it actually freezes. -
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I live in Orlando, and I cannot recommend living here. Even though I have been here 35+ years. The crime just seems to be getting worse. Like anyplace there are very nice areas and very bad areas, but the bad areas seems to be growing. There are some very good schools but I would not say that in general the schools are good. On the other hand, I recently had a chance to visit Auburndale, and it seemed to have a real small town feel to it. Perhaps someone else could provide better insight. If you do decide to move here you should visit first to make sure you can handle the climate, especially the summer. -
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I have to admit that my answers were a reaction to my perceived reasons that jsaravong would want to move here. Coming here on vacation, most especially when you live in somewhere that has a harsh winter, Florida looks great; the promised land.
But as with almost all tourist destinations, the reality of living here is very different from a tourist's experience. I saw the OP's criteria as naive and pretty dangerous. So many people have moved here with those criteria and ended up homeless. It is frightening.
Now, there has been good advice on this thread, but my gut feeling is that the areas that have been suggested are not what the OP wants -- close to the beach, typical Florida tropical locale, good schools, good jobs... aaahhhh. Well, that is not realistic unless you have a fair degree of wealth. Auburndale, Bartow, Madison, and the like are very nice communities, but IMHO they are not the stereotypical Florida that someone might be looking for when they dream of moving here. Those communities can also be found outside Florida, and in themselves do not call for a move of this nature.
I know the OP has not been back for awhile, but I have not stopped worrying about the people who try to "escape" to Florida in these times. -
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I moved 100 miles northwest Of Orlando after living there for 18 years. If the others haven't already convinced you, I agree completely that the Orlando area is not where you want to come. I love the Gainesville area where I am now settled but don't know the job market since I've had the same job for 26 years. All the places mentioned have their pluses. I will mention a friend of mine just bought a foreclosed 2 BR 2 Bath home with inground pool in Sarasota for just $79,000 so the deals are definitely all over the state!
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I moved to Florida from Ohio last summer. I moved for work reasons. I live in a resort type area and am so far happy.
I do travel to different places in FL. Bartow is a nice town as is Crystal River. Port St. Lucie is also pretty nice. I wouldn't care for the Ft. Lauderdale - West Palm Beach - Miami area, but that's me. I have family in the Naples area and they like it there.
I don't have school age children and haven't been here long enough to speak knowledgeablly about the schools.
I will say that Cocoa Beach weather is pretty damn nice though. -
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You might consider Jupiter area. We moved here via a few other northeast cities, but originally from Maine. It is a middle upperclass area with some very upper class neighborhoods intermixed. Schools are decent if you do your homework--our kids have been in the public schools here from kindergarten through to senior in high school. No major issues.
The weather is absolutely paradise. Scripps Research is just getting set here in Jupiter which will bring a good base of jobs as the pharmaceutical companies move here to be near them. Scripps has relocated from Lajolla, CA & it is a huge deal for our area. West Palm is approximately 30 minutes from Jupiter...we are centrally located in the state and an awesome location for recreation. 30 minute flight to the Bahamas or boatable depending on the size of boat...Orlando is 2 hours, Naples area is 2 hours, Miami less than 2 hours, the Florida keys...a few hours away...summers are not nearly as oppressive as some would like to complain....we are not nearly as hot as the Orlando area in the summer.
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It's been almost 40 yrs since I attended U Fla, but i still consider the area between Gainesville and Ocala to be one of the prettiest areas in the country.
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I have a family and live in Naples. The schools in this county (Collier) are among the best in the state. I would look at North Naples for more families and A rated schools. There are excellent deals on family sized homes in this area right now. It is an upscale area, near the beach and 15 minutes N. of downtown Naples. Bonita Springs is 5-10 min. North but the schools are not as highly ranked and most people that I know with kids want to be in Naples, Not Bonita. There are lots of family activities, low crime (for now!), great weather (except for June - Oct when it is extremely huumid)and mostly all the stores you would find in a bigger FL city. Having lived in Fort Lauderdale previously, I would Never raise children there based on the school system and crime.
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BigTyke...just curious, where else have you been in our country?
As for Florida, I, born and raised here, have been trying to leave with my family for years. The crime is getting worse here, maybe other cities as well, but Orlando is certainly getting worse. The jobs here are not as abundant as they have been, although one may check to see what our U-rate is at now. There are homes to be had in FL, but the schools are lacking. I have a 6 yr old and would very much like to find a better state to raise that child in. Looking, researching, listening and hoping for a good bit of faith and information to lead us out. I don't understand why anyone with a computer and some resourcefulness would come to Florida without a job lined up/ company move. But good luck to you and your family, may your decision be wise. -
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I am seriously thinking of moving to Florida from New York. I basically can relocate my job anywhere. i'm looking for a decent middle school and high school, decent place for the kids. no drama any suggestions?
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Tampa has great public schools, the Gorrey-Wilson-Plant district being the best of the best. South Tampa is very family-centered. The suburbs are, too, but quality of scholls gets spottier out there. Good luck!
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http://www.psk12.com/rating/index.php try a site like this. We moved to Ft Lauderdale 10 months ago and find the place pretty third world in many ways. First I have seen counterfeit money, cars are inspected when you get insurance because of so much fraud. things like that. Further north has fewer immigrants so fewer problems.
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I have seen plenty of anti black racism in the Ft Lauderdale area including the use of a word that would have gotten my kids mouth washed out with soap. Different group further north is biased against maybe?
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Man, if I had a dollar for every person who moves to Florida and then can't stop talking about what a backward, racist state it is, I'd be a millionaire.
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Oh, very mature. How about you just move somewhere you like better? When you find that place with great weather, affordable cost of living, hundreds of miles of public beaches and NO hint of backwardness or racism or anything else to offend your sensibilities, let me know. Paradise on earth, in other words. Better get cracking, it's gonna take you a while.
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No, what I insist on is that a bitter hater such as yourself not get the last word on advice about Florida.
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Not a bitter hater at all. I have lived in more civilized places so do have perspective you lack.
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I realize this four year old thread was revived by bbcab who is also thinking of moving. But I can't help but notice we never heard if the OP did in fact use any of the advice and did move to Florida after all.
Wouldn't it be nice to get feedback from posters after the fact? Just dreaming here, I guess. -
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Katzgar, no one in their right mind would ever take your advice on Florida, so I don't know why you bother. You seem to be here solely to insult the state to which you moved . You can impugn my perspective and experience of "civilization" all you like, but that says everything about you I need to know.
Neo, I have given so much detailed Florida advice over the years, both for relos and vacations, and have heard almost nothing about those moves and trips. I think people who are relocating find better sources of information than this board, perhaps. -
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NewbE, or at least another source where they don't have to put up with the petty snapping between posters. LOL
And Katzgar, I'm really sorry that you had to endure Florida's attempt to reduce insurance fraud -- a problem all states have. It's also unfortunate that you have to live with those (GASP!) immigrants. Maybe you could move back to a lily white suburb with less diversity and no problems. I doubt Florida would miss you or your attitude. -
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"Man, if I had a dollar for every person who moves to Florida and then can't stop talking about what a backward, racist state it is, I'd be a millionaire."
Do you remember saying this? How does this sort of consensus escape you?
I'm really sorry that you had to endure Florida's attempt to reduce insurance fraud -- a problem all states have.
Other states don't require an inspection first. true all states have fraud but it is extra popular in Florida hence the inspections not required in other states. again, a distinction that escapes you. -
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Again, I am sorry you had to endure such a horrible hardship as having a vehicle inspected. Horrors! The distinction doesn't escape me, but clearly the "apology" escapes you. And certainly that could top the list as the number one reason not to move to Florida. I'm sorry you didn't know about that horrible requirement before moving there.
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Neo, I can't even understand the syntax of that last post to answer, so I'm glad you did!
<Other states don't require an inspection first. true all states have fraud but it is extra popular in Florida hence the inspections not required in other states.>
This is nonsensical! -
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"Man, if I had a dollar for every person who moves to Florida and then can't stop talking about what a backward, racist state it is, I'd be a millionaire."
this is a clue you are too dense to figure out.
never said it is horrible, just indicates the massive fraud in FL, according to our insurance agent. -
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As one of the original posters on this thread, I just want to throw in an observation. My comments as of 4 years ago were pretty dire, and absolutely true. What a relief that things have improved so vastly - evidenced IMO just by our being able to snipe at each other.
For anyone wondering - most of those people I knew (including families with children) who were living in their cars, or worse if they didn't have that - most of them have jobs again and a place to live. Not all, of course. We fared pretty well, ourselves, and so didn't feel much impact directly.
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Before making any decision on where to live I would do a lot of investigation of public schools. FL is known for having quite poor public schools (so many retirees aren;t interested that there is limited support for school expenditures). If it were me I would look at the states with the best public schools and then start choosing based on job opportunities/economy.
This year, Education Week ranked Florida's K-12 education system 6th in the nation. -
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Thanks for posting, OrlandoVic! I am tired of fighting that canard about Florida schools. It's just based on outdated information, but people keep repeating it as though they know it's fact.
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2002 Hanzell Chardonnay - TheEngineer - 11-04-2012 09:53 PM We had a wine dinner in prep for an up coming auction. The auction house and the company at dinner were outstanding. The restaurant (Toque) was also outstanding, the food done incredibly well. I'm posting on the wines that were at the tasting and some that people brought to the event to share. Regardless of whether I thought the wine was good or not, I appreciated the opportunity to taste them and learn from them 02 Hanzell - I was looking forward to this but frankly nothing to get excited about here. Good density but nothing very interesting.. ( tasted with bread only ) RE: 2002 Hanzell Chardonnay - Kcwhippet - 11-06-2012 01:59 PM We have some 02 Ramey in the shop - and it's on sale. RE: 2002 Hanzell Chardonnay - danielpeng - 09-28-2014 11:51 PM Looking forward to taste 2002 Hanzell. RE: 2002 Hanzell Chardonnay - Innkeeper - 09-29-2014 07:00 AM A warm welcome to the Wine Board Daniel. The '02 Hanzell reported here did not get a very good review. That wine if you could find it would now be twelve years old. That is quite old for a wine of this nature and does not improve with this age. Recommend you look for a two year old Hanzell or similar brand of Chardonnay. RE: 2002 Hanzell Chardonnay - winoweenie - 09-30-2014 07:59 AM IK, I sincerely doubt Daniel will be buying ANY wine in the near future. Another re-incarnation of the " Love to drink your wine" group that keeps popping up. This post was from 2012. WW RE: 2002 Hanzell Chardonnay - Steve Works - 04-13-2015 03:41 AM He, he...you may be right, but one can dream, can't he? _________________________________________________ Steve Works champagne Canard Duchene |


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October 16 - October 21, 2005 | ||
AA3 - Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems - General Session | ||
Sensor | ||
Wednesday, October 19, 2005 | ||
San Fernando, Lobby Level | ||
Co-Chairs: D. Makel | ||
Time | Abs# | Title and Authors |
10:00 | 1294 | Micro-hydrogen Gas Sensor Using SiO2 Coated F-doped SnO2 H. Chi-Hwan and S. Han (Korea Institute of Energy Research) |
10:20 | 1295 | IrOx Based Fuel Acidity Sensor J. Widera and J. Johnson (University of Dayton Research Institute) |
10:40 | 1296 | Synthesis and Controlling the Morphology of SnO2 Nanocrystals via Hydrothermal Treatment K. Jain (National Physical Laboratory), A. Shrivastava and R. Rashmi (National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India) |
11:00 | 1297 | Zirconia-based Mixed Potential Sensors for the Detection of Energetic Materials E. L. Brosha, R. Mukundan and F. H. Garzon (Los Alamos National Laboratory) |
11:20 | 1298 | Synthesis and Characterization of Iron Molybdate Aerogels Synthesized by the Sol-Gel Chemistry and High Temperature Supercritical Drying U. Kersen (Helsinki University of Technology) and R. Keiski (University of Oulu) |
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Time | Abs# | Title and Authors |
14:00 | 1299 | Disposable Electrochemical Sensor for Rapid Determination of Levodopa N. R. Stradiotto (UNESP), M. Bergamini (UNESP-Araraquara) and A. Santos (UNESP- Araraquara) |
14:20 | 1300 | LaF3 Based SO2 Sensor Operative at Low Temperature C. Wang (Northeastern University), M. Zhou (College of Materials and Metallurgy, Northeastern University) and Y. Tian (College of Materials and Metallurgy, Northeastern) |
14:40 | 1301 | Redox-Mediated Oxidation of Ethylene in Liquid and Gas Phase Using Ferrocene Derivatives. B. -. Loetanantawong, W. Surareungchai and M. Somasundrum (KMUTT) |
15:00 | 1302 | Surface Characterization and Manipulation of SWCNT for Sensor Applications W. J. Buttner, G. Chung (Illinois Institute of Technology), L. Evan, G. Hunter (NASA Glenn Research Center), J. Stetter, J. Jeong (Illinois Institute of Technology), J. Xu (NASA Glenn Research Center) and R. Wang (Illinois Institute of Technology) |
15:20 | Intermission (20 Minutes) | |
15:40 | 1303 | Synthesis, Processing and Characterization of Gas/Chemical Sensors A. Ahmad (Natural Rsources Canada), M. Zhou and J. Walsh (Natural Resources Canada) |
16:00 | 1304 | A Small, Low Cost Wireless Galvanostat based on Open Source Hardware and Software D. A. Steingart, A. Redfern, C. Ho, P. Wright and J. Evans (UC Berkeley) |
16:20 | 1305 | In Situ, On Line, Raman Scattering in a Channel-type Electrochemical Cell Q. Shi, H. Zhu and D. Scherson (Case Western Reserve University) |
16:40 | 1306 | Charge Transport in Spatially Non-Uniform Quantum Systems: The Linearized Longitudinal Conductivity of Small Clusters of Ga and In With As L. A. Pozhar (Western Kentucky University) |
Thursday, October 20, 2005 | ||
San Fernando, Lobby Level | ||
Co-Chairs: W.J. Buttner | ||
Time | Abs# | Title and Authors |
08:00 | 1307 | Micro-Thermoelectric Gas Sensor with B- and P-doped SiGe Thin Film deposited by Helicon Sputtering K. Tajima (Advanced Manufacturing Research Institute), W. Shin, M. Nishibori, N. Murayama, T. Itoh, N. Izu and I. Matsubara (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) |
08:20 | 1308 | Texture and Microstructure Design of Electrochemical Actuators R. Garcia (Purdue University) and Y. Chiang (MIT) |
08:40 | 1309 | Fabrication of Comb-Shaped 3-D Micromesh Ni Electrodes T. Otsuka, H. Sato and S. Shoji (Waseda University) |
09:00 | 1310 | FET Based Microchemical pH Sensor and Electrowetting on Dielectric (EWOD) Microfluidic Actuator Multifunctional Device Using Ultra-Thin PEALD HfO2 on p-Si V. Jankovic (Northrop Grumman Space Technology) and J. P. Chang (University of California) |
09:20 | 1311 | Biofunctionalization of PMMA-based BioMEMS Devices for Breast Cancer Diagnosis S. Wei, R. McCarley and S. Soper (Louisiana State University) |
09:40 | Intermission (20 Minutes) | |
10:00 | 1312 | Highly Sensitive Portable Sensing System Using Gas Detector Tube and CCD Image Sensor for Bad-Smell Sensing Network Y. Tanaka, T. Nakamoto and T. Moriizumi (Tokyo Institute of Technology) |
10:20 | 1313 | Lab in a Tube for Serum Separation from Whole Blood T. Kim (Hanyang Univ.), W. Ji, S. Hwang (Div. of Molecular and Life Science) and J. Park (Hanyang Univ.) |
10:40 | 1314 | Bi-Layer Structured Biosensor for the Direct Measurement of Macromolecule and Effects from Macromolecules of Different Levels of Branching and Size Y. Cui (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), J. Barford and R. Renneberg (Hong Kong Unversity of Science and Technology) |
11:00 | 1315 | Oxygen-Rich Enzyme or Microbial Matrix for Extending Detection Range Based on Clark Oxygen Electrode Y. Cui (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), J. Barford and R. Renneberg (Hong Kong Unversity of Science and Technology) |
11:20 | 1316 | Design of Blood Glucose Sensor for Multichannel Helthcare Chip M. Takai, Y. Himuro (The university of Tokyo), H. Ogawa, M. Nagai (Adbic Corp.), K. Ishihara (The university of Tokyo) and Y. Horiike (National Institute for Materials Science) |


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On March 6, 2000, federal border agents received a telephone call reporting a group of illegal Mexican immigrants near the Laguna Mountain Lodge about an hour east of San Diego, California. Agents arrived and followed footprints in the snow until they found 15 Mexicans, shivering and without food, huddled under the deck of a home in a canyon.
The group had crossed the U.S. border near Tecate, Mexico on March 2, 2000, and traveled through the mountains until a powerful snowstorm struck the area. They stopped at an abandoned building on the Cuyapaipe Indian reservation and during the night one of their group, Emeterio Flores-Zotelo, died of hypothermia. Agents then went to the reservation and found the body.
One of the members of the group, Juan Ramirez-Lopez, 44, was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of smuggling Mexican citizens into the U.S., although when he was interviewed by the agents, he denied being the guide. He said that after they were caught in the snowstorm, he believed he needed to keep the group moving north out of the storm. He suffered frostbite himself.
Ramirez-Lopez went on trial in September 2000 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.
At the trial, two members of the group testified that Ramirez-Lopez was their leader and that he had abandoned Flores-Zotelo because he was too weak to continue. Three members of the group were chosen by the government to appear at trial and testify for the defense that Ramirez-Lopez was not the leader. The others were all deported before the defense could interview them.
The defense contended that no one else in the group identified Ramirez-Lopez as their leader, but because the prosecution had deported them before trial, the jury never heard their testimony. Some of them had said that their guide was a different man who abandoned them prior to their arrest. Ramirez-Lopez, they said, was part of the group, but not their guide.
On September 18, 2000, Ramirez-Lopez was convicted by a jury of 19 federal charges. He was sentenced to 78 months in prison.
On January 10, 2003, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the conviction in a 2-to-1 decision. Appeals Court Judge Alex Kozinski wrote a blistering dissent arguing that the prosecution improperly deported nine witnesses who would have supported Ramirez-Lopez's claim that he was not the guide and therefore not guilty of smuggling.
"The question at the heart of this case is both simple and important: May the United States get rid of witnesses it knows would provide evidence helpful to the defendant in a criminal case by putting those witnesses beyond the power of the court and beyond the reach of defense counsel?" Kozinski wrote.
Kozinski noted that there were "contemporaneous interview notes [by government agents] showing that 12 of the 14 witnesses arrested with the defendant made statements unequivocally exculpating him," but the trial judge refused to admit the statements in evidence, or to permit the jury to hear any reference to the fact that these 12 missing witnesses would have corroborated the defendant's claim.
The dissent so disturbed the prosecution that on March 6, 2003, prosecutors filed a motion, joined by the defense, to vacate the convictions and dismiss the charges. Ramirez-Lopez was released and then deported.
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The 4.6 and 5.0 NA numbers were close, the 4.6 lacked torque and the 5.0 can be brought to 300+ in NA form when keeping it a stock 302, when stroking it out to a 347 it can get interesting. The aftermarket support for the 4.6 never really took off on in the 2V form.
All in all the new 5.0 is just a nasty engine, ford did it right, they take boost like champ for having 11 in compression and they have been putting out impressive numbers and 1/4 times on the stock block. Anyone running against a new 5.0 who is also a decent driver had better have some decent mods to be a contender.


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