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It seems like every week I review a new Resource Management Plan, Travel Management Plan or Environmental Impact Statement that declares off-highway-vehicle use on America's land must be restricted.
Let me say that again, our government is saying our access to our public lands must be restricted.
The American Motorcyclist Association believes that America's public lands are one of our nation's treasures and wants to protect riding areas in a responsible and permanent manner. At the same time, we are not unreasonable and recognize that some areas must be closed due to environmental reasons.
We believe that federal land management agencies should rethink their current RMP, TMP and EIS frameworks. Typically, when revising all of these documents, the agencies start off with a "no change" alternative. As a result, access for motorized vehicles can only be cut – and all too often it is.
Shouldn't all new land management plans include at least one scenario in which motorized recreation is optimized?
Think about it. What if every report the federal Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Forest Service or the National Park Service delivered included an answer to the following questions: Can there be more motorized recreation without significant environmental harm? If so, how do we achieve this? If not, where can we add recreational opportunities to offset losses without doing lasting harm?
It seems like a fair and equitable policy to me. While we may not always like the answers we are receiving, at least the appropriate questions will be asked and answered.
In 2014, the AMA will be asking all federal land management agencies – and key lawmakers – to support this new paradigm of resource management in order to increase recreational opportunities on America's public lands.
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Lately, the news cycle in Washington, D.C. – and around the country – has been dominated by the developments surrounding the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.
Over the past several years, the American Motorcyclist Association has been actively involved in ending healthcare discrimination that occurs when insurers would not cover otherwise insured injuries simply because the participant was motorcycling when the injury occurred. In fact, some companies had formalized this into their employer-sponsored health plans in order to lower costs.
The AMA vociferously opposed this because, as anyone can see, the policy is inherently discriminatory against a legal mode of transportation and a very popular lifestyle.
In fact, in 2003 Colorado included a provision in state law (10-3-11-4 (f) (XII)) declaring these practices as "unfair methods of competition and unfair deceptive acts" to sell insurance that denied "health care coverage … to any individual based solely on that individual's casual or nonprofessional participation in the following activities: Motorcycling; snowmobiling; off-highway vehicle riding; skiing; or snowboarding."
As you may know, minimum insurance plan requirements are increasing under the ACA. Under the new requirements insurers will be unable to market policies that do not meet the stricter standards. As a result, many insurance plans will be required to provide an increased level of services and options to meet the requirements.
While the regulations and rules surrounding the ACA are still being written, interpreted and implemented, the AMA is hopeful that under this law all insurance plans will be required to cover all injuries sustained while using a motorcycle or all-terrain-vehicle for recreation, competition or as a legal mode of transportation.
In order to ensure this is the case, the AMA recently wrote a letter to Health and Human Services Sec. Kathleen Sebelius asking if motorcycle discrimination would continue to be allowed under the ACA. As we wait for the response, the AMA's Government Relations Department is still discussing this important issue with lawmakers at the state and federal level to ensure that all motorcycle related crashes are covered under insurance plans.
The proclamation starts out with a celebratory flare:
Atop soaring mountain peaks, alongside bubbling streams, in woodlands and grasslands that stretch over rolling hills, Americans find inspiration in our great outdoors. Just as our diverse and rugged landscapes reflect our national character, the way we care for these open spaces mirrors our commitment to future generations. On National Public Lands Day, we celebrate the lands we share and gather to conserve our natural heritage.
It makes you just want to get outdoors and ride responsibly to enjoy our public lands – right?
Well, you may want to throttle back.
Unless you have been away from civilization the past week, you would know that our federal government shutdown on Oct. 1.
Why does Oct. 1 matter, and how is it relevant with the National Public Lands Day proclamation?
Oct. 1 is the day the proclamation was published in the Federal Register and it's the same day our federal government shut down.
Imagine the irony.
The President proclaims a celebration of our public lands the very same day our government shuts them down and prevents you -- the responsible rider – from enjoying them.
It sort of defeats the purpose of a National Public Lands Day.
It is time for common sense to reign in Washington.
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As Congress settles into another stretch where it appears increasingly likely few pieces of major legislation will get signed into law, I want to reflect on how this standstill could potentially affect the motorcycling community.
Let's start with the bad.
The American Motorcyclist Association has been hard at work with several congressional offices to get bills passed that would require testing of E15 on motorcycles (H.R. 875 and S. 344), prevent the federal government from funding motorcycle-only-checkpoints (H.R. 1861), protect riders' privacy (H.R. 2414) and reopen Cape Hatteras in North Carolina for responsible off-highway-vehicle use (S. 486).
This common sense legislation has little chance of being passed by the House and Senate and enacted into law in the current hyper-partisan environment.
Additionally, with Congress at a standstill more and more decisions related to public lands access and highway safety are being made by unelected bureaucrats. This poses difficulties for motorcyclists because we have less influence on policies and are unable to hold decision makers responsible in the same manner as elected officials.
Believe it or not, congressional gridlock actually has some upsides for the motorcycling community.
Partisan bickering will prevent America's Red Rock Wilderness Act (S. 769 and H.R. 1630), the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act (H.R. 1187), and several other large Wilderness bills from being enacted. In total, these Wilderness bills would limit responsible OHV access to an area almost the size of the State of New York, and the AMA opposes them because they do not meet the strict definition of Wilderness established by Congress in 1964.
Additionally, Johnson Valley in California will remain open to off-highway recreationists because legislation is needed to conduct the land exchange necessary to remove land from the federal Bureau of Land Management's control. This will allow for the King of Hammers – along with many other events – to continue as it has in the past.
Finally, congressional efforts to increase tolling and restrict access to HOV/HOT lanes for on-highway motorcyclists will remain dormant.
What's next? For the near future, it appears that gridlock in the Congress is here to stay. Whatever your politics, gridlock will effect on- and off-highway riders in some good and some not-so-good ways. The AMA government relations department will work hard to ensure the effects are positive.
You have heard the old adage before: When you don't have the facts that support your position, you attack the messenger.
Well, this is exactly what the boosters of the untested-for-motorcycles E15 fuel blend (15 percent ethanol by volume) are doing. They are trying to mischaracterize the American Motorcyclist Association's position as blanket opposition to ethanol.
For example, a group promoting ethanol recently gave away free E10 gasoline to motorcyclists at Sturgis with a sign that read "Why is the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) calling out just one [E15 fuel]? Read what else is wrong with AMA's claims on E15."
The latest attempt is to use the motorcycle racing community to further their agenda to get E15 into retailers across the country. The pro-E15 website provides an example of how a racing team uses E85 (85 percent ethanol by volume) in a "stock" motorcycle with a modified fueling system and that, everything works fine – which we applaud. After all, the top-speed bike was designed to operate on a high-percentage ethanol blend – and alcohol-burning racing motorcycles have been around for a long time.
The suggestion -- that if race bikes can run on E85, why worry about E15? – is quite disingenuous because competition machines are purpose-built and do not have to conform to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency emissions standards or satisfy the durability demands of everyday riders. Certainly an engine's internals and cooling and fuel systems can be designed to operate on high(er) levels of ethanol. But that really misses the criticism coming from the motorcycling community.
Which is this: 100 percent of the 22 million motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles on the road and trail in the U.S. today are not designed to run ethanol blends higher than 10 percent, and many older machines favored by vintage enthusiasts have problems with any ethanol in the fuel. And yet the opportunity to misfuel and damage an engine with higher ethanol blends such as E15 is very real.
It is time to set the record straight.
1) The AMA recognizes ethanol is one of many possible fuels. The key is that when our engines and fuel systems are designed for one type of fuel, we can't just put anything in the tank and expect there will be no problems. There has to be a ready supply of safe fuels for all motorcycles and ATVs.
2) The EPA has not tested E15 on motorcycle and ATV engines and does not approve of E15 for their use.
3) Use of E15 can void a manufacturer's warranty.
4) The AMA wants an independent, scientific study on the effects of E15 on motorcycle and ATVs engines.
5) The AMA's concerns has always been that riders might unintentionally put E15 in their fuel tanks due to confusing and/or unmonitored implementation of the EPA Misfueling Mitigation Plan and the possibility of residual E15 fuel left in a fuel hose, which could be as much as one-third of a gallon.
The bottom line for the AMA is this: Motorcyclists simply want safe fuels available at all fuel retailers and measures employed by retailers to ensure they cannot inadvertently put unsafe fuels in their tanks.
Get the facts on this important issue with the AMA's E15 and Motorcycles Q&A.
Please be sure to share this with your fellow motorcyclists to counter the spin coming from the E15 lobby group that does not have your best interests at heart. The AMA is your voice.
On Aug. 15, the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture announced the recipients of grants [i.e. taxpayer dollars] from its Rural Energy for America Program to be used for renewable energy systems. One approved use of these REAP grants is for the purchase and installation of special ethanol blender pumps.
In order for retailers to offer E15, a blend of gasoline that includes up to 15 percent ethanol by volume, they will need to convert their current pumps to these special ethanol blender pumps.
According to the release, the USDA will provide a total of $25,765 that will be used on two projects in Minnesota and South Dakota. It was also made known by the USDA that these two projects are only the initial recipients. In fact, they informed the AMA in a conference call that there would be an additional 11 projects announced soon.
The REAP grants are part of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack's plan to install 10,000 blender pumps by 2016. REAP will be a key component to achieve the secretary's goal and, thus, help grow the availability of E15 fuel.
The American Motorcyclist Association has repeatedly expressed concern about the potential damage that E15 fuel can have on motorcycle and all-terrain vehicle engines and fuel systems. For details, see www.americanmotorcyclist.com/rights/amafuelforthought.aspx.
These special ethanol blender pumps may increase inadvertent misfueling by consumers. In fact, the EPA is concerned enough to issue a plan for retailers on its website's "E15: Misfueling Mitigation Plans" page to try to avoid misfueling by consumers.
The AMA believes the REAP grant program to purchase special ethanol blender pumps will only worsen the possibility of E15 misfueling by consumers – a fuel that is not approved for any of the estimated 22 million motorcycles and ATVs in use.
The AMA has you—AMA members and all motorcyclists—in mind concerning the untested effects of E15 fuel on your ride!
If you are concerned that your insurer will selectively use data from an event data recorder (commonly known as a black box) to increase your motorcycle insurance rates, or that recorded data may be used to target you in a civil or criminal proceeding, then you—the motorcyclist—should urge your U.S. Representative to support H.R. 2414, the "Black Box Privacy Protection Act."
U.S. Reps. Mike Capuano (D-Mass.) and Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) introduced this legislation, among other items, to protect motorcyclists' rights. The American Motorcyclist Association protects motorcyclists' freedom to ride and we support this bipartisan bill.
The bill would require manufacturers to prominently disclose to consumers if a black box is installed on their motorcycle, the data collection capabilities of such a device, and how such data may be used. The bill clarifies that the owner of the motorcycle owns the data and it may not be accessed without the permission of the owner. Furthermore, this bill requires that manufacturers provide consumers with the option of controlling the recording function in automobiles or motorcycles manufactured in the future that are equipped with black boxes.
In other words, consumers would have the ability to turn the black box on or off.
Currently, no federal law exists that clarifies the rights of vehicle owners to ownership of the recorded data.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking requiring black boxes be installed in all cars manufactured after Sept. 1, 2014. The NHTSA already has disclosure requirements, but the Black Box Privacy Protection Act would make the disclosure more prominent and give consumers even greater choice and privacy protections.
Does your government need to know your riding habits? If your answer is no, then you can do something about it.
Help us get additional cosponsors for H.R. 2414. The bipartisan bill will protect motorcyclists' rights and clarifies that the owner of the motorcycle owns the data.
Most importantly—It will also give you the ability to turn off the black box!
Act now by using our alert for H.R. 2414 to send a prewritten message to send to your representative.
There's a new dynamic that may contribute to inadvertent E15 misfueling: Reid Vapor Pressure.
What is Reid Vapor Pressure, or RVP?
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, RVP is "a common measure of and generic term for gasoline volatility. EPA regulates the vapor pressure of gasoline sold at retail stations during the summer ozone season (June 1 to September 15) to reduce evaporative emissions from gasoline that contribute to ground-level ozone and diminish the effects of ozone-related health problems."
How can RVP contribute to inadvertent E15 misfueling?
The American Motorcyclist Association recently discovered a retailer in Wisconsin selling E15 with a label that does not meet the current labeling requirements per the EPA misfueling mitigation plan.
This discovery prompted the AMA to research the validity of this new label.
The AMA learned that the retailer in question is located in a "volatility attainment area" that prohibits the sale of gasoline with a RVP that exceeds 9.0 psi.
Because of the RVP issue, the retailer affixed a label that states, "Stop! Not Gasoline! This fuel is designed to operate in Flex-Fuel Vehicles (FFVs) only. Please consult your owner's manual before fueling if you are unsure if you are operating an FFV."
Yet, the EPA informed the AMA in a response to our inquiry that it "does not have any fuel dispenser labeling requirements for RVP. However, some states may have independent labeling requirements."
Does Wisconsin have independent labeling requirements with regard to the RVP season? If so, how does it comply with the federal regulations that state that it must be gasoline during the RVP season. The label clearly states that this not gasoline.
Moreover, the federal regulation states the ethanol blend "must be at least 9% and no more than 10% (by volume) of the gasoline" during the RVP season.
How does an E15 fuel that contains up to 15 percent by volume comply with the federal regulations?
More importantly, how will motorcyclists know this fuel is unsafe for their motorcycles?
These are the questions sent to Wisconsin in an effort to address our concerns with the RVP label on an E15 blender pump.
Once the AMA receives a reply, we will be sure to share it with AMA members and all concerned motorcyclists.
The bottom line—the AMA wants access to safe fuels for motorcycles and ATVs. Given marketplace realities, wherever E15 is sold there will very likely be inadvertent misfueling issues. Motorcycles and ATVs are not approved for E15 use, and inadvertently misfueling a motorcycle or ATV has the potential to not only damage the engine and fuel system but also to void a manufacturer's warranty.
The loser of any inadvertent misfueling is the motorcyclist and ATV rider. The AMA stands behind not only its members, but all riders, in calling for more extensive testing for E15 and more thorough misfueling safeguards.
Like always, the AMA has you—the motorcyclist—in mind concerning the potentially harmful effects of E15 fuel on your ride.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis said, "Sunshine is the best disinfectant."
Well, U.S. Reps. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) are following Brandeis's advice with the introduction of H.R. 2919, the "Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act." This bipartisan legislation would reinstate tracking and reporting requirements of payments made under the Equal Access to Justice Act.
This legislation is long overdue and the American Motorcyclist Association and the All-Terrain Vehicle Association thank Reps. Lummis and Cohen for introducing it.
The bill will return the EAJA to its original intent, instituting targeted reforms to reinstate and track reporting requirements intended to make EAJA more transparent.
The lack of transparency and oversight has led to EAJA program abuse by anti-OHV groups using taxpayer funds to file lawsuits. These lawsuits can ultimately lead to restricting responsible motorized access to public lands.
"The Equal Access to Justice Act was a good idea when it passed Congress more than three decades ago," said Congressman Lummis. "It remains a good idea today so long as it is operating as Congress intended. Requiring agencies to keep track of what they pay attorneys will help Congress determine if EAJA is working well, or not. I am appreciative of Rep. Cohen's engagement in this effort, and look forward to working with him and our House colleagues to move this bill forward."
"Americans have a right to know what their government is doing and their government has a duty to be as transparent as possible," said Congressman Cohen. "Without adequate reporting, citizen's rights cannot be fully protected and the government risks failing in its duty to its people. I look forward to working with Representative Lummis to reopen the government's books to help ensure that all Americans have access to this information."
Let's support H.R. 2919 by getting as many cosponsors to push this bill over the top. You can use our easy-to-use alert to send a prewritten message to your representative today.
At the AMA, we wholeheartedly agree with Brandeis, Lummis and Cohen—give us some sunshine!
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued a notice in the Federal Register on a proposed project entitled "Costs and Cost Savings of Motor Vehicle Injury Prevention: Evidence-Based Policy and Behavioral Interventions."
With the notice coming from the CDC, this caught our attention.
So, the American Motorcyclist Association reached out to the A Brotherhood Aimed Towards Education of Iowa, Inc., known as A.B.A.T.E. of Iowa, to send a joint letter to the CDC.
We wanted the CDC to address our concerns with the proposed project's goal to "collect information relating to the costs of implementing motor vehicle injury prevention interventions" in order to get— in their own words -- the "biggest bang for the buck."
We learned that the CDC study will focus on thirteen "interventions." Specifically, one of them is "motorcycle helmet use laws."
According to the notice, "information is needed to complete a research study of the costs and costs savings to society of implementing evidence-based interventions."
What is the CDC's definition of "evidence-based interventions"?
An official with the Department of Health & Human Services responded on behalf of the CDC to our letter. According to the HHS, "We used a wide body of research from various organizations to identify/define evidence-based interventions. We include studies conducted by the Task Force on Community Preventive Services, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP), the World Health Organization [Part of the United Nations], and other organizations."
The CDC further "evaluated the list of effective interventions against a set of pre-determined criteria for the project." And added, "These criteria included the potential for broad implementation, the potential for high impact in injuries prevented and lives saved, and the likelihood that the intervention would be implemented at the state level."
What is the intent of the CDC in using this data once complete? Is one of the purposes of the study to influence state laws?
"CDC will use the data collected to complete the cost estimates for each of the selected thirteen interventions. The cost estimates will be used in the main product of this project, an online tool." Moreover, "The online tool can be used to identify the intervention or sets of interventions that can be implemented in individual states that will provide the largest benefit in injuries prevented and lives saved. This project will provide scientific information to help states choose to focus their safety efforts in areas that make the most sense for their situation."
With regard to funding, how much is this study costing taxpayers? Moreover, will sequestration make it more difficult for this project to be completed?
"The contract for the entire project was awarded at $927,554. The cost for the key informant interviews for all thirteen interventions, including motorcycle helmet laws, is estimated to be $30,000. This project will not be affected by sequestration."
Let's recap.
Our federal government will spend nearly $1 million to run a project that will use data from federal agencies and federally funded programs, as well as a UN agency, to support 13 interventions that the CDC believes "would be implemented at the state level."
Curious about the CDC's agenda? So are we.
Ever since the CDC released a study in June 2012 claiming that annual cost savings in states with universal motorcycle helmet laws were nearly four times greater (per registered motorcycle) than in states without universal helmet laws, it's no secret that the CDC wants more states to adopt mandatory helmet laws.
The CDC is not the first federal agency to make a case for universal motorcycle helmet laws. For years, the NHTSA sought to influence state legislatures in the same manner. Then, in 1998, the NHTSA was prohibited from using federal funds to lobby state or local legislators. In 2011, Congress introduced a resolution supporting efforts to retain the ban on the NHTSA's ability to lobby state legislators, and urged NHTSA to focus on motorcycle crash prevention and rider education and training.
That's the bottom line for the AMA: Rider education and training, as well as motorist awareness programs, are effective strategies to reduce motorcycle crashes from ever occurring. Whereas, universal motorcycle helmet laws do nothing to prevent crashes.
Just to be clear, the AMA -- as part of a comprehensive motorcycle safety program to help reduce injuries and fatalities in the event of a motorcycle crash -- strongly encourages the use of personal protective equipment, including gloves, sturdy footwear and a properly fitted motorcycle helmet certified by its manufacturer to meet the DOT standard. But the AMA believes that adults should have the right to voluntarily decide when to wear a helmet. (The AMA does not oppose laws requiring helmets for minor motorcycle operators and passengers.)
We spent years sending that message to federal legislators and NHTSA regulators. Now it's time to do the same with the CDC.


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Handy Shortcut for Portion Sizing Meals: Use Your Own Two Hands!
In a perfect world we would have all our food portioned out, we would always know exactly how much a serving size is supposed to be, and we could maintain a healthy weight without worrying we're overloading on any one type of food. But it's not a perfect world, so we have to find shortcuts. Enter Lifehacker.
Check out these super easy portion guides for basic food groups.
- One palm size for protein portions. (Meats, tofu, and eggs); include two palms of protein with each meal.
- One fist determines your veggie portions — two of those in each and every meal.
- A cupped hand for carb portions (rice, potatoes, noodles). Up to two of those with each meal.
- Your thumb is the size of your fat portions (nuts, butter, avodaco). You can include up to two of those in each meal, too.
Since your hand is directly related to your body size, this is a handy (see what we did there?) and completely customized way to ensure you're getting the right amount of food — nothing more and nothing less!
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Google begins rolling out multi-account sign-in
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Shares of EchoStar Communications (NSDQ: DISH) jumped today on the renewal of rumors that AT&T (NYSE: T) may be eying the company. Stoking the speculation: a research note from Oppenheimer analyst Thomas Eagan calling for such a deal was picked up by a number of outlets, including TheStreet.com. Eagan believes that AT&T's U-Verse rollout is already proving to be a failure and that the company needs to take a different approach to offering video.
If the two companies are talking, it comes at an interesting time for EchoStar, which earlier this week announced plans to buy Sling Media and a possible split into two companies. It's not clear how any such deal would affect that plan — although AT&T arguably could acquire just the DISH pay-tv business leaving the possible tech company for EchoStar Chairman and CEO Charlie Ergen,
As for AT&T, it's been talking up the success of U-Verse. At the recent Goldman Sachs Communacopia conference, company exec Ralph de la Vega said U-Verse now had 100,000 subscribes, double where it was in June, and that growth looked very strong going forward.


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PRI Show 2012 - Final Lap
The Performance Racing Industry show wraps up its run in the Sunshine State
Appropriately, Procharger (www.procharger.com) highlight its new F3A-121 supercharger, which boasts a maximum boost level of 40 psi with a 72,000-rpm impeller redline. This unit will move 2,100 cfm of air and turn an 800hp naturally aspirated race engine into a 2,100hp monster.
Racers know Racepak (www.racepak.com) for its datalogging and gauge expertise, but what fun is all that data without some video to accompany it? Now the company offers this new camera module interface, which lets you feed GoPro or Replay video footage into your datastream. How cool is that?
Roush Performance
Want to drop a 600hp Coyote into your project? Want one complete with a TVS supercharger? Well, the new 5.0-liter RSC Coyote crate engine from Roush Performance (www.roushperformance.com) offers that kind of package. Based on Ford Racing's Aluminator long-block, this turnkey solution is tuned for premium fuel and ready to go.
Roush Yates
The future of Ford performance is clearly in the hands of Ecoboost and Roush-Yates (www.roushyates.com) has a leg up, as it's been building up Ecoboost 3.5 V6s for Daytona Prototype racing. This example is designed to produce 500 hp from 10.5:1 compression with a 7,500-rpm redline. It runs dry-sump oiling and a low-inertia Borg-Warner EFR 6258 turbo.
SCT Performance
We hear there might have been some sort of SCT (www.sctflash.com) party at PRI, but we know for sure that the company displayed its latest flash tuner, the Livewire TS, in Orlando. This touchscreen device will store up to 10 tunes, offers a performance calculator, and displays OBD-II data in virtual gauges.
Strange Engineering
In addition to its new S197 shocks and struts, Strange Engineering (www.strangeengineering.net) presented its Pro Series brake systems. The company offers single- and four-piston front kits and four-piston rear kits. Battle tested by sportsman racers, these kits are designed to reduce weight, eliminate warping, and ramp up safety.
VMP Tuning
We are well versed in VMP Tuning's (www.vmptuning.com) lineup of products, but the company showed everyone its line of TVS superchargers for Condors, Coyotes, and RoadRunners. The company also display its own mass air housings, pulley-swap tools, and tuning offerings inside the convention center. Outside, VMP set up its mobile Dynojet (www.dynojet.com) so both companies could show the chassis dyno in action.
Wilwood Did someone say carbon? Yep—Wilwood did! The company (www.wilwood.com) now offers high-tech carbon-ceramic braking kits for S197 Mustangs. These kits allow you to drop unsprung weight, improve stopping distances, and shed heat faster. However, if you want all this goodness, expect to pay a premium price.
Winberg Crankshafts
Winberg Crankshafts On display in the Winberg (www.winbergcrankshafts.com) booth was a crankshaft for 4.6 and 5.4 modulars, but the company offers cranks for all manner of Fords from pushrod small-blocks to FEs. Made from aerospace-certified alloys, these billet cranks feature aerodynamically profiled counterweights. The company also had a shiny crank on display. We mistakenly thought this was just to attract showgoers. Instead it had been treated to the company's eight-step polishing process, which is said to increase oil shedding, decrease oil foaming, and reduce parasitic losses. It definitely looks impressive.


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LAKE GEORGE Dave Wick, who has headed up the Warren County Soil and Water Conservation District for 19 years, has been named the new Executive Director of the Lake George Park Commission.
Gov. Cuomo's office officially made the appointment this past week. Wick starts in his new position in three weeks.
Wick was notified of the appointment Friday by Commission Chairman Bruce Young, and Wick submitted his resignation to the Conservation District board of directors on Monday March 27.
Wick, 43 years old, replaces Michael White, who was the Commission's first and only executive director since the state Agency was formed in 1987. The post pays about $100,000 annually.
The Park commission and the Conservation District have worked together on and off through the years on various projects. Several years ago, the Conservation District conducted a study of stream culverts throughout the Lake George watershed and the problems fish encounter in passing through them.
Two years ago, the agency mapped the corridors of streams feeding Lake George.
In recent years, Wick's agency has been surveying, designing, planning and negotiating the removal of sand deltas in Lake George, where stormwater has washed silt into the Lake to the point vast areas of the lake aren't navigable.
Removal of three major deltas is due to begin within several months, and the Warren County Soil and Water Conservation District has been contracted to oversee construction.
All these projects were accomplished in conjunction with the Lake George Park Commission.
Wick, a resident of Lake George, said this week that such collaboration provided him with valuable experience as he steps into his new position.
Wick's last day at the Conservation district is April 20, and he starts three days later at the Park Commission.
"There are a lot of new challenges and opportunities coming up in the new position, and I'm looking forward to it."
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The sheriff is the highest, law enforcement officer of a county. The population of the county elects the sheriff. A sworn law enforcement officer working for an agency headed by a Sheriff is called a Deputy Sheriff, and is so called because he or she is deputized by the Sheriff to perform the same duties as he or she.
The Sheriff is defined as a "constitutional officer" and derives his legal authority from the Constitution of the State of Florida. The Sheriff is vested with the ability to appoint and direct deputies who will act in his name and office to enforce the appropriate and applicable laws of the State of Florida. Those deputies of the Desoto County Sheriff's Office who are Certified Law Enforcement officers are required to maintain a thorough working knowledge of the laws they enforce and the underlying principals from which they emanate.
DeSoto County came into being in 1887, when Manatee County was divided into DeSoto County and Manatee County. In 1921, DeSoto County was further divided into Highlands, Glades, Hardee, Charlotte, and DeSoto Counties. The first Sheriff of DeSoto County was O. H. Dishong in 1887. He was followed by F. C. Bethea in 1893, A. L. Pearce in 1895, O.H. Dishong, 1897; A. L. Pearce in 1898 L. E. Fielder in 1901, A. C. Freeman in 1905, J. L. Dishong in 1913, J. L. Hampton in 1921, J. E. Albritton in 1937, T. M. Anderson in 1945, Lloyd Holton in 1950, Inez Holton in 1965, Frank Cline in 1966, Robert Thomas in 1981, Joseph Varnadore in 1985, Vernon Keen in 1993, John J. Fugate in 2001 ,Vernon L. Keen in 2005 and William P. Wise in 2009.
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KSK Newsletters
YTS Newsletter
Our long term commitment
For the past 15 years, KGC has been closely involved in community and social development in Central Kalimantan. To this end, the company set up a foundation, Yayasan Tambuhak Sinta (YTS) in 1997 and has provided management, staffing, and financial support for its work ever since.
To date, YTS has been providing social, economic, and institutional support to 20 Dayak villages surrounding KGC's copper-gold project in Central Kalimantan, and eventually expects to work with all 31 villages in the area. In East Kalimantan, YTS works in the communities closest to its Jelai epithermal gold project. In both locations, YTS is helping villagers to analyse, plan, set priorities and make decisions on a whole range of issues affecting their daily life, everything from local education and health services to economic and livelihood opportunities, and the development of local infrastructure.
The directors of KGC are entirely committed to the community programme, not only to ensure that local communities share in the benefits of any future mining activity, but also as part of the company's long term social license to operate. This commitment is recognized by a range of external stakeholders, including Freeport-McMoRan, KGC's joint venture partner on the copper-gold project, and Tigers Realm Minerals, KGC's partner on the Jelai gold project.
The YTS approach
The YTS mission can be summed up as follows: "To promote and support the sustainable and equitable development of communities and society as a whole in Kalimantan."
YTS facilitates community development in the villages close to KGC's exploration areas in Kalimantan. This development strengthens the capacity of villagers and village institutions to manage the impacts from future mining development on the social, economic, environmental and cultural integrity of the community.
YTS staff facilitates and supports a community-led process of analysis, planning, and action. This process enables communities to take charge of their own development agenda and to engage more effectively with outsiders from government, companies, and civil society organizations. The result of the community analysis provides a deeper level of understanding of the dynamics in each community, and leads to the formulation of much more realistic support programs.
Each village develops its own annual Community Development Plan. And then, YTS helps the village find the means to implement the plan, including sourcing support from government and donor agencies. This approach empowers villagers to improve their situation from within and to find the ways and means to take action on the priority activities they identify in their plan.
A partnership of interests
In addition to village-based development, YTS is seeking a framework for regional development. The objective is to bring together a partnership of interested parties - from government, civil society, business and funding agencies - who will work together to build an integrated platform for future development of all sectors in Kalimantan. This will provide a rational basis for investment. Priorities become clear and critical gaps in knowledge, capacity, policy and services can be acted upon. With a framework developed collaboratively, there is common agreement on how to move forward to achieve objectives in the most responsible way. YTS has already collaborated with two United Nations agencies, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), as well as with several non-governmental organizations, such as the Ford Foundation.
The Global Mercury Project
YTS involvement in UNIDO's
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Project has drastically reduced emissions of mercury in many towns and villages in Kalimantan, through the use of simple and affordable technology. Water-box condenser systems have now been supplied to around 100 gold shops throughout Central Kalimantan. In addition, the YTS team has distributed about 200 steel retorts to small-scale miners. Since 2007, this effort has prevented over 15,000 kg of atmospheric mercury emissions from taking place. With funding support from the Blacksmith Institute and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the team is now also working on sustainable ways to clean-up mercury-contaminated tailings dumps.
Kalimantan Kids Club
Kalimantan Kids Club was established in 1986 to help poor Dayak families educate their children. In remote areas, schooling is limited to elementary level. Young people have to leave their village in order to complete their basic education, and students from poorer families cannot afford this expense.
To date, more than 100 young people have received scholarships to continue their education to higher levels. The scholarships provide a commitment to subsidize school fees, supplies, and living expenses until the students complete their education.
To support the KKC Scholarship Program, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com
Other Activities
The environment and biodiversity are big issues in exploration & mining today.
Responding to global concerns over climate change, YTS and KSK are participating in initiatives to establish a 'Green Economy' in Kalimantan. We also have collaborated in the Business for Environment (B4E) initiative, including WWF's 'Heart of Borneo' program and a scoping study on 'High Conservation Value Forestry' in our CoW, with The Nature Conservancy.
Since 2004, YTS has been supporting community involvement in the government's bottom-up planning mechanism, called 'Musrenbang'. This activity reinforces the community-based participatory planning process that YTS facilitates, by drawing the result - the 'Village Development Plan' - directly into the government arena, where the administration is obliged to respond to the collective needs and demands of villagers. YTS plans to extend this approach throughout the district, and has begun a Ford Foundation-funded initiative designed to improve the planning and budgeting capacity of district government for local communities.
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Echo 6 The Last Day (Paperback)
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|Deep underground in the frozen Alaskan Yukon, military leaders gather, preparing to test Alloy 618 through the Phi Super-Collider. But the alloy''s inventor, Annie, was convinced such a test would destroy the earth. Now dead, Annie returns to life within Julie in a desperate race against time to guide her to the Collider and stop the test. The Last Day collects the final five issues of Terry Moore''s award-winning series, plus a gallery of Echo pin-up art and sketches. Don''t miss the thrilling conclusion to Terry Moore''s award-winning sci-fi thriller!
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) A popular downtown Des Moines pizzeria has closed indefinitely because of water damage.
The Des Moines Register reports that a ruptured water main is forcing Fong's Pizza to close for an unknown amount of time.
The main break earlier this week left more than 6 feet of standing water in the basement, where most of the restaurant's business operations are housed. The water damaged equipment, computers, and other infrastructure required to run the business.
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Luanda — The advertisement on the 41st World Roller Skate Cup set for September 2013 in the country will have a new momentum in the second half of January, the time of presentation of the event at the presence of members of the International Committee of Rink Hockey.
The information was released on Thursday to Angop by the spokesperson of the Organising Committee (COHÓQUEI), Pedro Azevedo "Chipita".
The official spoke of the state of preparation of the championship, to be played for the first time ever in this African country.
He assured that the advertising boom will happen after the presentation of the championship scheduled for 20 or 25 January.


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Make Your Own Fruit Infused Water
What Is Infused Water?
Infusing water involves steeping fruits, veggies, and/or herbs with water until the flavors fuse together. Infused water is a perfect substitute for sugary beverages such as fruit juices, pre-made iced tea, soda, and energy drinks.
Infusing water is incredibly easy! I bring infused water with me everywhere I go.
Grab your favorite reusable water container (preferably glass or clear plastic – it's a much more beautiful display) and add water, ice, and any combination mentioned below (or create your own.)
Leave the fruit, veggies, and/or herbs in the bottle all day and refill the bottle with water and ice as needed.
How To Make Infused Water
For a large batch of infused water, fill a pitcher with water, mix in some chopped up fruits, veggies, and/or herbs and let it sit in the fridge for 2 – 8 hours (depending on how strong you want the flavor to be.)
Another method is to take your ingredients (fruit, veggies, herbs) and puree them. Use a sieve to strain the pulp, dilute with water and sip with a straw.
Tried and True Combinations
- Cucumber & Fresh Mint
- Apple & Cinnamon Sticks
- Blueberry & Strawberry
- Orange, Cucumber, Lime, & Lemon
- Lemon, Cucumber, Fresh Mint, & Fresh Rosemary
- Frozen Grapes, Frozen Strawberries, & Fresh Mint
- Watermelon, Pineapple, & Apple
- Honey Dew, Cantaloupe, & Watermelon
- Peach, Honey Dew, & Cantaloupe
- Watermelon & Peach
- Strawberry & Fresh Mint
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For Immediate Release July 8, 2009 Timber harvest in Klickitat Meadows means heavy truck traffic in Ahtanum State ForestDNR urges visitors to use extreme caution
OLYMPIA –The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) advises outdoor recreationists heading to Ahtanum State Forest to be aware of heavy truck traffic as a result of timber harvest activity beginning July13.
The timber harvesting is taking place in the Klickitat Meadows in the western part of Ahtanum State Forest. Visitors can expect anywhere from 30 to 40 trucks or chip vans each day—Monday through Saturday—to be rolling through Tree Phones Campground along the Middle Fork Ahtanum Road to Tampico. The Ahtanum State Forest is 30 miles west of Yakima.
In addition, an adjacent private landowner may harvest some timber starting later this month, which may add an additional 20 to 30 trucks per day.
"Safety is our first concern. We'll be monitoring the situation closely to see how well trucks and visitors interact," said Ken McNamee, manager of DNR's Alpine District. "We're asking everyone to be patient and work with each other, and to allow extra time to get to where they want to go in Ahtanum."
McNamee said the timber harvest will continue at least through the end of October or until weather forces the harvest to come to an end.
For more information, contact Ken McNamee, DNR's Southeast Region Alpine District manager, 509-925-0937 (office); 509-899-2883 (mobile); or email@example.com .
Recreation on DNR-managed landsDNR manages more than 5 million acres of state-owned forest, aquatic, agricultural, conservation and urban lands. Most recreation on these lands takes place in the 2.1 million acres of forests that DNR manages as state trust lands. By law, DNR manages state trust lands to produce income for schools, universities, prisons, state mental hospitals, community colleges, local services in many counties, and the state's general fund. State trust lands are also managed to provide fish and wildlife habitat and educational and recreational opportunities.
DNR-managed lands provide a variety of landscapes throughout Washington State. Recreational opportunities include hiking, hunting, fishing, horseback riding, camping, motorized vehicle riding, mountain biking, and boating.
DNR's main recreation focus is to provide trails, trailhead facilities, and a primitive experience in a natural setting.
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In the fields of chronology and periodization, an epoch means an instant in time chosen as the origin of a particular era. The "epoch" then serves as a reference point from which time is measured. Time measurement units are counted from the epoch so that the date and time of events can be specified unambiguously.
Events taking place before the epoch can be dated by counting negatively from the epoch, though in pragmatic periodization practice, epochs are defined for the past, and another epoch is used to start the next era, therefore serving as the ending of the older preceding era. The whole purpose and criteria of such definitions is to clarify and co-ordinate scholarship about a period, at times, across disciplines.
Epochs are generally chosen to be convenient or significant by a consensus of the time scale's initial users, or by authoritarian fiat. The epoch moment or date is usually defined by a specific clear event, condition, or criteria— the epoch event or epoch criteria —from which the period or era or age is usually characterized or described.
In astronomy, an epoch is a specific moment in time for which celestial coordinates or orbital elements are specified, and from which other orbital parametrics are thereafter calculated in order to predict future position. The applied tools of the mathematics disciplines of Celestial mechanics or its subfield Orbital mechanics (both predict orbital paths and positions) about a center of gravity are used to generate an ephemeris (plural: ephemerides; from the Greek word ephemeros = daily) which is a table of values that gives the positions of astronomical objects in the sky at a given time or times, or a formula to calculate such given the proper time offset from the epoch. Such calculations generally result in an elliptical path on a plane defined by some point on the orbit, and the two focii of the ellipse. Viewing from another orbiting body, following its own trace and orbit, creates shifts in three dimensions in the spherical trigonometry used to calculate relative positions. Interestingly, these dynamics in three dimensions are also elliptical, which means the ephemeris need only specify one set of equations to be a useful predictive tool to predict future location of the object of interest.
Over time, inexactitudes and other errors accumulate, creating more and greater errors of prediction, so ephemeris factors need recalculated from time to time, and that requires a new epoch to be defined. Different astronomers or groups of astronomers used to define epochs to suit themselves, but these days of speedy communications, the epochs are generally defined in an international agreement, so astronomers world wide can collaborate more effectively. It was inefficient and error prone for data observed by one group to need translation (mathematic transformation) so other groups could compare information.
Software timekeeping systems vary widely in the granularity of their time units; some systems may use time units as large as a day, while others may use nanoseconds. For example, for an epoch date of midnight UTC on January 1, 1900, and a time unit of a second, the time of midnight UTC on January 2, 1900 is represented by the number 86400, the number of seconds in one day.
These representations of time are mainly for internal use. If an end user interaction with dates and times is required, the software will nearly always convert this internal number into a date and time representation that is comprehensible to humans.
The following table lists epoch dates used by popular software and other computer-related systems. The time in these systems is stored as the number some time unit (days, seconds, nanoseconds, etc) that have elapsed since midnight UTC on the given date.
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|January 1, 0
|January 1, 1
|Symbian, Microsoft .NET, REXX
|This epoch date is known as Rata Die
|January 1, 1601
|FAT32 file system, COBOL
|December 31, 1840
|MUMPS programming language
|1841 was roughly the birthyear of the world's oldest living person when the language was designed.
|November 17, 1858
|VMS, United States Naval Observatory, other astronomy-related computations
|December 30, 1899
|Microsoft COM DATE
|Technical internal value used by Microsoft Excel; to simplify calculations by falsely assuming 1900 to be a leap year.
|January 0, 1900
|Microsoft Excel, Lotus 1-2-3
|While logically January 0, 1900 is equivalent to December 31, 1899, these systems do not allow users to specify the latter date.
|January 1, 1900
|Network Time Protocol, IBM CICS, Mathematica
|January 1, 1904
|Apple Inc.'s Mac OS through version 9, Palm OS, MP4
|1904 is the first leap year of the twentieth century.
|January 1, 1960
|S-Plus, SAS
|January 1, 1968
|Pick OS
|January 1, 1970
|Unix time, used by UNIX, Linux, other UNIX-like systems, Mac OS X, Java, JavaScript
|January 1, 1978
|January 1, 1980
|MS DOS, OS/2, FAT16 filesystem
|January 6, 1980
|Qualcomm BREW, GPS
|January 1, 2000
|Various updated MS DOS legacy software
|Retrofitting to address the Year 2000 problem
Computers are in general unable to store arbitrarily large numbers. Instead, each number stored by a computer is allotted a fixed amount of space. Therefore, when the number of time units that have elapsed since a system's epoch exceeds the largest number that can fit in the space allotted to the time representation, the time representation overflows, and problems can occur. While a system's behavior after overflow occurs is not necessarily predictable, one likely result is that the number representing the time will reset to zero, and the computer system will think that the current time is the epoch time again.
Most famously, older systems which counted time as the number of years elapsed since the epoch of January 1, 1900 and which only allotted enough space to store the numbers 0 through 99, experienced the Year 2000 problem. These systems (if not corrected beforehand) would interpret the date January 1, 2000 as January 1, 1900, leading to unpredictable errors at the beginning of the year 2000.
Even systems which allot much more storage to the time representation are not immune from this kind of error. Many UNIX-like operating systems which keep time as seconds elapsed from the epoch date of January 1, 1970, and allot timekeeping enough storage to store numbers as large as will experience an overflow problem on January 19, 2038 if not fixed beforehand. This is known as the Year 2038 problem. A correction involving doubling the storage allocated to timekeeping on these systems will allow them to represent dates more than 290 billion years into the future.
Other more subtle timekeeping problems exist in computing, such as accounting for leap seconds, which are not observed with any predictability or regularity. Additionally, applications which needs to represent historical dates and times (for example, representing a date prior to the switch from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar) must use specialized timekeeping libraries.
Finally, some software must maintain compatibility with older software that does not keep time in strictly accordance with traditional timekeeping systems. For example, Microsoft Excel observes the fictional date of February 29, 1900 in order to maintain compatibility with older versions of Lotus 1-2-3, which observed that date to expidite time calculations at a time when computers were much slower.
In geology, an Epoch is a time division criteria based on specific physical and chemical characteristics in rock layers (Lithography) indicative of the global environment, including tectonic activity (mountain building, continental drift, etc.) and include macroscopic (visible by inspection) and microscopic Fauna features or characteristics that are clear and distinct from other series defining criteria. For example, the formations, rock beds, and members of differing rock types that were being laid down in different environments at the same time.
Each defined set of characteristics—in a word, Epochs —directly correspond to specific rock series, the equivalent of an "era" (both are measured usually in time units) in rock layers. Since such layers correspond to time (or era) of formation, they are used to date pre-historic events in other sciences.


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Alvaro Uribe: Cuban missiles on N. Korean freighter were destined for Ecuador
The Cuban Sugar Missile Crisis gets more interesting by the moment. Alvaro Uribe, the former president of Colombia, tweeted this morning that he has information indicating the Cuban missiles found on the North Korean freighter caught by the Panamanian government were not on their way to North Korea for "repairs," but instead were being shipped to Ecuador for the military of dictator Rafael Correa.
Información que llega"...55el barco cargado con armas y misiles. Recordará que nosotros le dimos a usted una (cont) http://t.co/FjIv5J3ft8
— Álvaro Uribe Vélez (@AlvaroUribeVel) July 18, 2013
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New information coming in... "on the ship loaded with weapons and missiles. Remember that we had provided information regarding this news. I can say that the ship was not on its way to North Korea. This ship was on its way to Ecuador and some of those weapons was for that country." Regards. I hope this is investigated.
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All the world's a 3D art gallery
Creating virtual sculptures is now as easy as speaking into a phone, thanks to an augmented reality app. Called Konstruct, the app, from London-based AR-developer James Alliban, uses an existing vision-tracking system in combination with a pattern that the software recognises. To use the app, this "marker" is printed onto paper and placed at the point in the scene where you want the sculpture to exist. You then point the phone at it, before speaking or whistling into its microphone to create 3D objects in the scene. As long as the marker is visible, users can keep refining the sculpture until they deem their masterpiece complete.
Splashdown for spacecraft black box
The first black box flight recorder ever made for a spacecraft has successfully survived re-entry from low Earth orbit. Called the re-entry break-up recorder, the heatproof device transmitted data about its condition ...
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Not long after Apple subtly announced that Wi-Fi calling would launch as part of iOS 8, T-Mobile updated its corporate blog to confirm that it'll indeed be supporting Wi-Fi calling on its network.
The news from Apple originally came in the form of its usual "under-the-radar" iOS update slide, in which Cupertino listed a bunch of features added in iOS 8 which weren't offered dedicated stage time. Among these more minor changes were per app battery information and a time-lapse mode for the Camera app.
Though Apple didn't elaborate on Wi-Fi calling during its keynote, T-Mobile — the United States' so-called "uncarrier" — confirmed its support for the feature in a corporate blog post. There, chief marketing officer Mike Sievert said:
One of the best things about T-Mobile Wi-Fi Calling is that it's so simple to use. You don't need to activate anything or download a special app. Just connect to any available Wi-Fi network, check that Wi-Fi Calling is turned on on your capable smartphone, and make a call (or send a text, email, etc.) as you normally would. That's it.
Apple indeed launched FaceTime Audio last year, offering iOS device users a way of placing Wi-Fi calls using the FaceTime protocol. Wi-Fi calling, however, is far more intuitive and easier to use for owners of compatible smartphones.
Of course, the feature also results in clearer, more reliable audio, it's more battery efficient, and it frees up the carrier's network for data access, as MacRumors rightly notes.
Apple's iOS 8 beta 1 is available for registered developers right now, and it's expected to launch publicly in fall (alongside a revamped iPhone handset). For a recap of all of yesterday's WWDC news, be sure to check our dedicated roundup post.
We'll have more news concerning T-Mobile later this month, when the network is set to hold its "Uncarrier 5.0″ press event.
In the meantime, see: OmniOutliner For iPad Gains TextExpander Support And More With 2.1 Update, Apple Brings A Time-Lapse Feature To The Camera App With iOS 8, and AppAdvice International: Apple Maps For China, Eco-Efforts In Japan.


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Les Misérables: The Film Vs. The Musical
Les Misérables, the film adaptation of the world famous musical, hit American theatres on Christmas Day. Should you go see it? Will the film irk fans of the musical? Will the film turn people off to what is arguably the greatest musical of all-time? Should I buy popcorn?
While there are a few missteps, Les Misérables is a decent film. Those who have seen the musical on Broadway or the West End will appreciate it. The movie is easy to understand and clears up a lot of stuff you may not have gleaned while sitting in theatre. That means it's a great place to start if you've never seen the stage production. While it's a good movie, and as much fun as a flick can be in which just about every major character dies, it does NOT replace seeing the musical live. That's good to know because the musical returns to the Great White Way in early 2014.
What To Expect
For the first 20 minutes of the movie I wanted to actually hear some singing. It seemed like the acting and the filmmaking kept getting in the way. I finally got what I wanted when Anne Hathaway, portraying Fantine, sang "I Dreamed A Dream." It was at this point that the film finally "breathed."
Sadly, Hathaway doesn't have the voice to sing that song properly. She has a nice tone, and hit most of the notes, but she lacks vocal power. If you see Les Misérables when it comes to Denver or Les Misérables when it comes to Baltimore you'll hear a much better rendition of "I Dreamed A Dream" than the one we got from Ms. Hathaway.
The film really picks up with the "Master of the House" number. Then, a few scenes later, we're in Paris where we meet the students and they were all played by actors who know how to sing: Aaron Teveit as Enjolras, Eddie Redmayne as Marius, and Samantha Barks as Eponine (although Eponine is not a student). This is when the movie really hits its strides. From here to end, the film is downright captivating. It's not a coincidence that when the real singers show up the movie turns for good to great.
Jackman, Crowe & Hathaway
I don't like the tone of Hugh Jackman's voice, he played Jean Valjean, but he is a legitimate Broadway star (he won a Tony Award for portraying Peter Allen in The Boy from Oz). His Valjean was perfect for the silver screen. Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway can act, but they can't sing. Nonetheless, Crowe was a stalwart Javert. He has a singing voice that's suits the character just fine. I've already dissected Hathaway's voice and acting-wise she was great. If adding star power is a legitimate movie role then these three did their job with aplomb.
The Musical & Film Differ
I've never understood why filmmakers find it necessary to alter a plot for their adaptation. For instance, Les Misérables the film differs from Les Misérables the musical in several ways: songs have been moved, numbers have been truncated, and a new song, "Suddenly," has been added. Why? Was it necessary to move "I Dreamed A Dream" from after "At The End of The Day" to after "Lovely Ladies?" The answer is no, it's not necessary. Then why did they do it? Simple, they do it for job security. Directors, writers, and producers make changes to source material to justify their huge paychecks. If studio heads realized all they had to do was use a musical's original book to make a film they could just hire film school flunkies and save a bunch of money. Les Misérables the musical has been running for 25 years. It's been seen by millions and millions of people all over the world. It's a success. It does not need alternation.
With that being said you hardly notice the rearrangements. Unless you're a huge fan that has seen Les Mis a bazillion times, or you saw Les Misérables live the night before, all you'll really notice is a few songs have been cut short. Happily, there are no major changes. The filmmakers didn't make Fantine live, they didn't give Javier a cracked team of rogue soldiers, and they didn't insert a character that pals around with a talking bear.
Live Recording
The actors in the film Les Misérables sang live. So unlike a Rihanna concert there was no lip syncing. I knew this going in and found it very distracting. Only because I kept wondering how they did it. You just can't start singing after the director yells "action." There are major timing issues to address. Afterwards, I learned that the actors wore earpieces which allowed them to sing along to a piano track. The orchestra accompaniment was added in post-production. Promoters said it was the first time a movie musical had been made this way but those in the know argued that the technique has been used several times before. Nonetheless, it sounded great and worked really well for a musical with as much drama as Les Mis.
It's Loooooong
Be prepared, Les Misérables is a long film. It's running time is 158 minutes. Unlike the musical, the flick does not have an intermission. To avoid missing anything good take a bathroom break when Marisus is trying to woe Cosette outside of Rue Plumet and refill your popcorn right after Eponine dies.
Show Stealer
As always, the "Master of the House" number is a show stopper. Sacha Baron Cohen and Helena Bonham Carter are magnificent as the Thénardiers. The best part of the movie though is when Samantha Barks sings "On My Own." It's a revelation.
Why So Long?
Les Misérables debuted in Paris in 1980, London in 1985, and New York in 1987. As soon as it was translated into English it has been an overwhelming success all over the world. So why did it take so long for it to reach the big screen especially when lesser musicals like Rock of Ages, Mamma Mia!, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch have already been immortalized on the silver screen? Why we're on the subject, where are the film adaptations of insanely successful musicals like Wicked, Miss Saigon, and Jersey Boys (which seems tailor made for a movie)?
The only thing I can think of is it's not about how well a musical is received but the age of its audience. The average age of a Broadway show attendee is much older than the average age of a movie goer. Therefore, Hollywood doesn't look at the best musicals but the ones they think young people will want to see. That's why musicals that skew young get turned into flicks so fast.


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Edwin Landseer
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Edwin Landseer
by Sir Francis Grant
sepia ink, 1852
6 in. x 4 3/8 in. (152 mm x 111 mm)
Given by Charles Stewart Hardinge, 2nd Viscount of Hardinge of Lahore, 1876
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Superjet International chief executive Alessandro Franzoni had a big smile on his face an hour ago as we photographed him for Flight Daily News here at the show.
He was posing in front of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 in the static park shortly after signing a deal with Malev for the Hungarian carrier to take delivery of the 98-seater jet.
This is big news for Sukhoi as it seeks to establish the Russian-built aircraft in the world market.
As we waited for Franzoni Sukhoi's test pilots Leonid Chikunov (left) and Alexander Yablontsev were being interviewed by the Italian media.
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A typical working day for the majority in Japan means commuting over an hour in horrendously packed trains and then ending the day in a drinking session with colleagues. Alcohol makes a poor stress-reliever in the long run, as it disturbs regular sleeping patterns and thus is a factor increasing the ill effects of stress.
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We have been asked by Rupert and his foundation to spearhead a fundraiser to help raise money for his Rupert's Kids organization. He spent so much time last year in the Governor's race that now it is time to refocus on his passion and his charity.
Car Show (entry fee to be announced) with awards for different categories (to be announced) stationed at the Radio Station cars start rolling in at 10:00am judging will be all day with awards given out at 4:00 pm
We will also have a Motorcycle run starting at the radio station kickstands up at 11:30 and going to Mann's Harley Davidson in Edinburgh where there will be a bike show and lots of other activities. (bike run and show fees and award categories to be announced) we will then leave from Mann's at 3:00pm and return to Shelbyville.
There will be music all day sponsored by Mustache Sally's and Food and Drinks provided by Crosstown Bar and Grill.
We will have face painting and airbrushing for the kids. We are also having a Run What You Brung Power wheel races for the kids with prizes as well.
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Spectacular new poster series from the French wonder, Camille Lavaud
We love Camille Lavaud. Her French illustrations are the love child of old Toulouse-Lautrec posters and 1950's gangster B-movies. We posted about her work a while back, praising her for throwing herself into all manners of illustration including fashion and banner-making. Now Camille's back with a series of posters which will will knock your chaussettes off faster than you can say hand drawn type. The combination of her eclectic colour palette and almost hurried style is perfect for this new series, and is a good sign that she's got much more where that came from. Keep it coming, Camille!


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5W Public Relations has subleased 39,075 square feet at Minskoff Equities' 1166 Avenue of the Americas.
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Fountain has had its share of ups and downs
EVANSVILLE - The Garvin Park fountain has had its share of ups and downs since it was dedicated in 1925 to the memory of Evansville attorney and businessman Thomas Garvin, whose heirs sold the city 80 acres to create the North Side park.
Barely 10 years after it was installed it had to be substantially rebuilt after being struck by a car. Other restorations have followed over the decades, but Keep Evansville Beautiful is hopeful the latest, finished last year, will keep the fountain going for a long time to come.
The refurbished fountain was rededicated Tuesday in a ceremony that Mike McGarrah, greenscape program coordinator for KEB, said was an event honoring the community. He applauded the community for efforts to get the fountain back up and running.
"To the Evansville community, this is your fountain," McGarrah said. "This is a recognition of who has stepped up. It's a thank you. The generosity and pride of the Evansville people is what made this possible."
Keep Evansville Beautiful decided to make the Garvin Park Fountain a priority in 2009 when it launched a "Turn It On" campaign to raise more than $50,000 to repair the fountain. It was turned on for the first time in years in May 2011, but the foundations and individuals who made that possible were never officially thanked, McGarrah said.
"Last year the theme was 'We Turned It On,'" McGarrah said. "This year the theme is 'We're Going to Keep It On.'"
A plaque thanking contributors was unveiled at the event. One of those groups recognized was the Giolitto family, which donated money to the fountain project in memory of Beulah Giolitto.
Bob Giolitto, one of Beulah's sons, attended the ceremony.
"We've lived out here my whole life," said Bob Giolitto, one of her sons. "We were down here all the time as kids, and we thought it would be a very nice memory for our mother."
It cost $55,000 to redo the plumbing, electricity, landscaping and fountain wall as well as add a laser light display that shows off the fountain at night. All the money needed for those enhancements was raised through donations. Keep Evansville Beautiful even raised enough money to start a small fund that keep the fountain maintained for years to come.
While the plaque recognizes major donors to the restoration project, all those speaking at Tuesday's ceremony focused on the community involvement that it took to get the fountain flowing.
"The community is who it's for," said KEB President Cheryl Musgrave. "It also took community donations to make this happen. Now here it is, restored, a beautiful treasure that we can all come out here and enjoy."
Jack Pate, president and publisher of The Courier & Press, noted the effect the fountain has on the community.
"We received lots of calls and letters from folks saying how wonderful it is to have the fountain back on," Pate said.
Steps are also being taken to make sure the fountain stays in its current condition.
Musgrave said the Evansville Police Department is patrolling the area, and officers have written 10 citations to people who were wading in the fountain despite the signs warning against it.
"We know the community cherishes (the fountain)," Musgrave said. "We hope the community enjoys it without getting in it. Getting in it is a problem."
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Yours looks great, but I actually don't mind the black or the silver- it's the Red contrasts that make little sense to me. Gray would be ok, black even better, but that red is just not a good idea for places that get a lot of sun, which ironically is typically where you're going to find scooters! (Note: I'm talking about the seat and the glove box being red, NOT gogogordy's Red finish- which i love!)
Ultimately I could still see owning one of these regardless- I like the overall look and the design just seems to make sense.
My local Vespa dealer has a bunch of them in stock now.
The black seat, glovebox, and handlebar plastic run about $500 bucks all told. ( I don't "get" the oxblood and some early owners report it fades quickly to...pink )
That said, I would've been pleased to have a silver one with the black, but Vespa Sherman Oaks in LA, the #1 selling Vespa dealer in these United States offered to paint to order his and her BV's, and well we bit at the offer. He then sourced the black goodies from Piaggio, and made us a deal we couldnt refuse. So there you have it.
The scooter rocks regardless of color, I just prefer to be visible which I didnt feel either the black or the silver are. In Europe there are 5 color choices, but just the 2 here for now....
In any event its the finest scooter Ive ridden, and for the money a compelling value...this coming from a serial Vespa owner. At this point I could not imagine spending more for a Vespa after test riding the BV-350. Yes I love my '06 GTS 250ie, but The BV-350 wasnt a consideration back then. So now I have a well used, well loved, and well maintained GTS 250, and a big-wheel BV-350. Two hallmark scooters IMO which should take care of all my scooting needs for along time to come.
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The public comment period for the South Lawrence Trafficway ends Monday.
Written comments can be mailed or e-mailed on the project. Baldwin City Administrator Larry Paine is urging residents to make those public comments favoring the 32nd Street Alignment.
"We want the 32nd Street Alignment because it moves the water line from Lawrence to Baldwin out of the wetlands," said Paine. "It would save us close to a half million dollars. If that alignment is chosen, we won't have to move the line and we won't have to pass those costs onto our residents."
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Last year, with friends and family, in a sloping field just off the busy A3 from London to Portsmouth, I experienced my first Beltain (more widely known as Beltane) – the ancient festival which marks the end of winter and the start of summer. Held at Butser Ancient Farm, an archaeological site, on paper it had looked like a charming low–key Celtic festival with a few folk bands and a hog roast.
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Alexander Pope
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Alexander Pope
by Jonathan Richardson
oil on canvas, circa 1737
24 1/8 in. x 18 in. (613 mm x 457 mm)
Given by Alfred Aaron de Pass, 1898
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- Alexander Pope (1688-1744), Poet. Sitter associated with 44 portraits.
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- Jonathan Richardson (1665-1745), Portrait painter. Artist associated with 121 portraits, Sitter in 8 portraits.
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In a rococo frame of unusual design, perhaps originally intended for a pastel. More detailed information on this portrait is available in a National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue, John Kerslake's Early Georgian Portraits (1977, out of print).
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- NPG D40351: Alexander Pope (after)
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- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 500
- Simon, Jacob, The Art of the Picture Frame: Artists, Patrons and the Framing of Portraits in Britain, 1997 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 8 November 1996 - 9 February 1997), p. 64
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The pool towels are little and like sandpaper. Although I suppose it was exfoliating to use them! The bathroom in the pool area was pretty dirty on the floor, hair and water everywhere.
Owners there all the time and very friendly and very accommodating.They have done a lot of updating which shows their care for their business and their customers.Nice family atmosphere- Dad, Mom and young son all working together. Grandpa helps w/remodel.
Great Restaurant and food
Close to Railroad
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Price- we stayed there on a Tuesday night in low low season and still paid top price. Not much of a price break for a mid-week spring stay with no one else at the hotel
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The breakfast! The pre-made omelets were uncuttable, the sausage was way over done and both were in a chafer not nearly hot enough. Every single milk in the cooler was expired. Breakfast is 1 reason we stay here, we may change hotels next trip.
Impeccable professional service during the day. There are no five star hotels to stay at in DL, but this place is just as good as a five star to me. I would pay twice as much to stay here if I had to.
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