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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - the City Council has a light agenda on Tuesday night, with several postponed communications - which may be postponed again - and a handful of appointments.
Mayor Richard Alcombright is recommending two new appointments and the re-appointment of Kyle Hanlon to the Planning Board; the reappointment of Paul Marino to the Historical Commission and the appointment of Councilor Michael Boland to the Human Services Commission.
Also on the agenda:
• A request submitted to the city late last year to eliminate the industrial zoning behind the former K-K Home Mart building. The 3-acre parcel owned by Curran Highway Development LLC is split into two zones - commercial and industrial - with the commercial zoning being the predominate. The council had submitted the matter to the city solicitor before making a decision.
• A communication from the mayor on a new ordinance and fees for hawkers and peddlers. The mayor is objecting to a suggestion for a separate panel to oversee events. "Another level of bureaucracy would only add steps to an already confusing process," wrote the mayor.
• A communication from former Councilor Gailanne Cariddi on a traffic concerns.
The full agenda and minutes from the last meeting can be read below.
We're preparing for a long meeting on Tuesday night as the City Council plans to peruse some weighty issues.
Among them are the veterans agent sharing agreement (likely to go through swiftly — both Adams and Williamstown have approved the deal and it's a cost saver for North Adams) and a lengthy ordinance change for sidewalk vendors based on a recently adopted Adams bylaw. That's likely to get referred to another board or committee before going into effect.
We're wondering what will happen with the mayor's request for a home-rule petition to keep Public Safety Commissioner E. John Morocco in the station house. He's facing mandatory retirement in the fall (he told us a few months ago he didn't want to retire); it will take a legislative action to keep him past his expiration date.
The mayor's reasoning is there are a lot of new hires in the fire and police forces and they need an experienced, steady hand; a commissioner also offers an administrative head who can focus on budgeting, prioritizing and emergency management services.
The commissioner spot was created three decades ago but some question the need with the city's reduced population and police force. There was some thought that Mayor Alcombright would use Morocco's forced retirement to reorganize public safety; apparently they were wrong.
Also on the agenda is a letter from the Department of Revenue about the city's $1.2 million out-of-whack 2011 budget. The bad news: the city better keep an eye on its minimal reserves and start some long-term planning.
There's been a fuss by a few about whether the city has to tax at its full levy capacity. Gerard Perry, state director of accounts, says: "The city has levied to the maximum levy limit allowed under Proposition 2 1/2. The city would need to tax at this levy limit in order to set the FY 2011 tax rate."
To lower the rate, it would have to start cutting or raise other revenue, both of which the administration says it's done.
There's a whole lot of other stuff Tuesday, too. Five reserve officers to be sworn in, updates on the multiple road projects, something on the Commission on Disabilities ... To find out what's happening, the entire agenda is available here.
Because of its lengthiness, I've separated out the important stuff: Commissioner of public safety home-rule petition is here and the letter from the DOR is here. The vendor ordinance is in the full agenda.
Links to these documents are also available through Tuesday on the front page. I've noticed quite a few but not a lot of hits on council documents I've uploaded to Scribd. I'd like some feedback — are they hard to find, do you subscribe, do you care?
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Tech Data CEO Bob Dutkowsky Tries To Temper Channel Concerns Over VAR AcquisitionIT distributor Tech Data emphasized its pending acquisition of solution provider Signature Technology Group is a 'partner-led' move, easing concerns of its partners. Company CEO Bob Dutkowsky addressed concerns throughout his early morning earnings call on Thursday.
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CASPER - The bridge deck pour on the Poplar Street bridge has been rescheduled for tonight, beginning at 10 p.m., and ending at 6 a.m., Thursday morning. During this time, the bridge will be closed to all traffic.
The pour was scheduled for Tuesday night, however, strong, dry winds forced crews to call the concrete off. The winds and dry air created a situation where moisture in the concrete would evaporate too fast resulting in a substandard deck.
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The company is developing a drug treatment based on inducing immune tolerance by injecting the patient's autologous cells (or donor cells in the case of GVHD) in the early stages of programmed death. The technology is based on years of research by Prof. Dror Mevorach from the Hadassah Medical Center - a world renowned expert in the field of programmed cell death.
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Truth be told now, if there's one celebrity who can inspire and teach others how to lead a healthier, more active life, that's Madonna. Her personal trainer and choreographer, Nicole Windhoffer, is releasing a brand new workout DVD, "Addicted to Sweat."
Winhoffer has been working with the Queen of Pop ever since she parted ways with her previous trainer, the famous Tracy Anderson.
Together, they have collaborated on Madonna's Hard Candy program, which fans and fitness enthusiasts can enjoy exclusively at Hard Candy gyms around the world.
This is where the workout DVD comes in, as Winhoffer explains in the video below: you will soon be able to get fit and healthy in the comfort of your home, doing some of the routines that Madonna herself does to stay in such enviable shape.
The set will include 4 DVDs, each focusing on a part of the body and of varying intensity.
The trainer swears you won't need any special equipment to be able to get through it, except for a towel, a flat surface, a chair, workout gear and, of course, will power.
The program is meant to promote agility, flexibility and strength, and Winhoffer promises it will lead to amazing results on the condition that you give it your best.
All of the moves that she will teach you are part of Madonna's daily workout routine, and some have even been included in her current tour.
This way, you can both break out a sweat to get in shape and have some fun dancing. We assume the routine is even more fun if done with a friend or in a group.
Some of the moves included are "Drop Down," "Hop Forward" and "Ride the Horse," and all are as spectacular as they're efficient when it comes to burning off those extra pounds.
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Regarding my initial question about 'alternative therapy', I have not tried anything because until recently, ADHD was never considered. Since January, I've using a Fitbit One, an activity monitor that also records sleep patterns. Using this data, I'm waking up on average 25 times each night and getting about 6 to 6.5 hours of sleep per night. This is typical since childhood and have always tended to be a 'light' sleeper.
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Heineken Cup: Bradley Davies felt father's wrath after Blues loss
- Venue: Cardiff Arms Park
- Date: Saturday, 19 October
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Cardiff Blues lock Bradley Davies took a critical phone call from his father after their Heineken Cup 44-29 loss at Exeter Chiefs last weekend.
The Wales lock hopes to avoid a repeat following Saturday's Arms Park clash against holders Toulon.
The Blues conceded five first-half tries at Exeter, although they did respond with four of their own.
"It was difficult Monday morning... having my father on the phone telling me how poor I was," said Davies.
"But we're professional rugby players and we've got to take criticism on the chin. Sometimes that happens in sport and in life - you do things that you don't really want to do.
"But that's the way it happens. The best thing we can do is stick together, which we have all week.
Bradley Davies Cardiff Blues skipper
"We've got to try to eradicate some of those errors in our game and once we can we'll be a match for anyone"
"If we look at why it went wrong, it was more down to player errors and that's down to us."
In the wake of the defeat by Exeter defence coach Rob Powell left and is to be replaced by Pontypridd head coach Dale McIntosh.
Davies welcomed Toulon's visit, saying the Blues were encouraged by Pro12 leaders and rivals Glasgow's four-try bonus point in their opening 51-28 defeat in the south of France.
The 26-year-old Davies, capped 40 times by Wales, added: "We like to test ourselves against the best in the world so let's bring them on.
"Let's fly into them and if we can get a result - which we're planning on doing - we're straight back in the group, really.
"It's never over until you play all your games, but if you lose at home in Europe you're struggling.
"So if we can win on the weekend we're right in it.
"I don't know what it was [at Exeter], a bit of lack of whatever.
"It just didn't happen for us… and we've had a bit of a rocket this week so we can fly into them on Saturday.
"It's difficult if someone tells you how poor and rubbish you are to your face.
"That's fine, people have got their views and opinions and rightly so.
"If you're a Cardiff Blues fan you want to see us doing well and we appreciate that.
"But there's no-one trying as hard as us and we train like demons sometimes to get it right on the field, and sometimes it doesn't [work].
"So we've got to try to eradicate some of those errors in our game and once we can we'll be a match for anyone.
"[If] we win on Saturday we'll be [in the eyes of some] the best team that's ever played for Cardiff [Blues], so that's what we're striving for."


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* How many siblings did they have?
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* What is the highest grade they completed in school? High School? College? University?
* How and where did they meet?
* How old were they when they met, fell in love, got engaged, got married?
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My mom and dad were both born in Guelph Ontario. They didn't meet until my mom was about 16 and working at a little tobacco shop her parents owned. The shop was next to the movie theatre in Guelph and the local boys all hung out there. My dad met my mom at the tobacco shop. They got married in 1936 when my mom was 19 years old. Her siser joined her and they had a double wedding in Guelph.
Mom had two sisters, one older and one younger, while dad only had brothers. His mom and dad had 6 boys but one died as a child and another died when he was 16. So my dad grew up with one older brother and two younger ones. When he was in Gr. 8 he had to leave school to find work to help bring money in. My grandfather (his father) had been injured at work many years before and never worked again so money was very tight.
My mom's family was much better off as her dad was the manager of the local lumber yard. Mother went into Commercial at Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute and graduated as a secretary. Dad worked at odd jobs and after they got married, this continued. Mom stayed home and had babies, while dad found whatever work he could to support them. Times were tough and mother always told the story of how in 1939 she had two little ones (my older brothers), no firewood and no heat. So when dad went out to try to get a job for money for food, she chopped up their wood furniture for firewood! I can see her doing it too. My father wasn't very happy when he came home but she just told him she wasn't going to see her babies freeze to death.
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Lauren Manzo: I Want to Lose Another 35 Pounds
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The Real Housewives of New Jersey star, 24, shed 20 pounds in seven months after getting a lap band on September 21, 2011. The surgery -- in which a silicone band is placed around the top part of the stomach to control food consumption -- was clearly a success, and in May, Manzo had the band loosened.
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Birthright Celebrates 10 Years with Big Event
Approximately 3,000 young Jews from 10 countries will travel throughout Israel to participate in events featuring music and bike rides.
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Taglit-Birthright Israel will celebrate its 10 year anniversary with a three-day event next week. Approximately 3,000 young Jews from 10 countries will travel to different cities in Israel.
The youth will meet with past Birthright staff, political leaders and high-tech moguls at each stop. The event, called El Israel, is meant to expose the different faces of Israeli society and culture to Diaspora youth.
Event highlights include a 700-person bike ride with tech employees in Tel Aviv, a Jewish music event in Safed, an army hike with soldiers, a visit to residents and students of Sderot and a visit to a Beersheba recycling centre.
The event – taking place next Monday through Wednesday – will end in in Jerusalem on Jerusalem Day.


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Whether folks come from near or far, we want them to enjoy the bounties and pleasures that abound here in the area. This is the growing season and if you travel on the back roads you will happen upon a roadside stand. Stop to sample and take home some of the finest produce you'll find. Presently, corn is in abundance and the peaches are producing their luscious fruits. Tomatoes and cantaloupe are also beginning to show up on the stands. Some stands also offer a variety of baked goods.
Other reasons for coming to the area may be the theaters, the outlets or the Strasburg Railroad. Whatever your reason for coming – to take in the peaceful countryside, to be immersed in the hectic activities, to see the rural or urban areas – we do extend to you a friendly welcome here at Flowers & Thyme Bed and Breakfast. If you would like to reserve a room, visit us at www.flowersandthyme.com.
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Green Research based on Cultural Three-Hierarchy Theory
The accumulation of green practice has reached a climax in the circle of Beijing Olympic Games and formed the inner culture connotation with its own characteristics. Based on culture three-hierarchy theory, the article expounds systematically green culture and provides theoretical basis for green practice.
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The back strap. A delicious cut of meat. After all the hard work of bringing that game home, be sure to enjoy it well. Camp Chef offers the ultimate equipment when it comes to cooking food outdoors.
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Business Buzz: Plenty of reasons to do business in Texas
Gov. Rick Perry trekked to the Golden State to "invite" businesses to consider setting up shop in the Lone Star State.
Perhaps there is ample reason why California businesses should consider moving operations to the great state of Texas, where a handshake still means a lot.
For one, Texas is the largest domestic producer of oil as this state has had a culture associated with the oil business for more than century. With the Cline Shale, estimated to have 30 billion barrels of recoverable oil, coming to a county near you, that production is fixin' to go even higher.
The Texas average rig count as of January 2013 was 812, representing about 48 percent of all active land rigs in the United States. In the last 12 months, total Texas reported production was 520 million barrels of oil and 7.2 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, according to the Railroad Commission of Texas, the agency that regulates the oil and gas industry.
Green energy, you say?
Texas leads the nation in wind energy production. In 2011, the state, was home to more than 10,000 megawatts of installed wind capacity, which is nearly three times that of any other state.
Texas solar power potential is also among the nation's highest, with direct solar radiation suitable for large-scale solar power plants in West Texas.
Due to its large agricultural and forestry sectors, Texas has an abundance of biomass energy resources.
Although Texas is not a major hydropower state, substantial untapped potential exists in several river basins, including the Colorado River and the lower Red River.
The unemployment rate in the state sits at 6.1 percent, well below the national average, 7.8 percent, and California, 9.8 percent.
Oh, and one more thing, Texas is ranked as the No. 1 exporting state for the 11th year in a row, according to 2012 annual trade data from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Texas exports for 2012 totaled $265 billion, a 5.4 percent increase from $251 billion in 2011 and outperformed overall U.S. exports, which only grew by 4.3 percent to $1.54 trillion.
The state's top export recipients were Mexico, Canada, China, Brazil, and the Netherlands, which respectively imported $94.8 billion, $23.7 billion, $10.3 billion, $10 billion, and $9.5 billion in Texas-manufactured goods.
In addition, Texas' top exporting industries in 2012 were petroleum and coal products, chemicals, computer and electronic products, nonelectrical machinery, and transportation equipment.
The state also was recently named the top state in which to do business by Area Development magazine, and Business Facilities magazine awarded Texas as the "State of the Year" for the aggressive economic development strategies that have helped attract jobs and investment.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of people that moved from California to Texas in 2011 was 58,992.
The number of people that moved from Texas to California in 2011 was 37,087.
As a result, the Census Bureau shows a Texas net gain (or California net loss) of 21,905.
That's roughly analogous to Texas swallowing the California city of Yucca Valley.
The West Texas Innovation Network will be offering a 10-week FastTrac New Venture program for active military members, veterans and their spouses starting April 1. Classes will be every Monday evening.
The course is designed to teach individuals how to successfully launch their business ideas. Participants are expected to learn how to set realistic financial goals, determine the unique features and benefits of their products or services and find their target market. Other topics include the development of essential framework for starting a business and identifying potential sources of funding.
The program also will teach participants how to look and investigate opportunities; how to do business with the government; leverage one's network to build a team of advisers, and define business concepts.
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We have specialist staff here at Eagle Music with no less than three Irish tenor banjo players. Company owner Steve Noon has been playing Irish tenor banjo for over twenty years. During this time Steve has led and played at the longest running Irish session in Huddersfield, he has attended many all Ireland fleadhs and attended workshops and sessions with some of the greatest exponents of the Irish tenor banjo, Kieran Hanrahan, Mick Moloney, Seamus Egan, John Carty, Brian McGrath, Tom Cussen, Tom Napper, Enda Scahill and many other great players have all contributed to the wealth of knowledge that Steve can now pass on to you our customer. Steve is the proud owner of five Paragon banjos! his jewel in the crown is a Deering GDL limited edition banjo, hand crafted and personally carved for him by Greg Deering.
Irish tenor banjo is a style of playing tenor banjo. The normal tenor banjo is tuned to C G D A and popular for playing jazz and dixiland styles. To play Irish music on a tenor banjo, we drop tune the banjo to G D A E this makes it easier to play Irish music that has been written for the fiddle (the fiddle is also tuned to G D A E . The Irish tenor banjo is tuned an octave below the fiddle. Some players prefer the short scale 17 fret tenor banjo, but many great players like Kieran Hanrahan play the 19 fret standard scale tenor banjo. We set up and tune all our 'Irish Tenor Banjos' to G D A E before supply to our customer.


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It's that time of year again. Award time. We give our nominees for our Giants awards and have nominated five players for the major NFL awards as well.
Giants 2012 Nominees
MVP: WR Victor Cruz, K Lawrence Tynes, S Antrel Rolle, QB Eli Manning
Defensive Player: S Antrel Rolle, LB Chase Blackburn, S Stevie Brown
Offensive Player: WR Victor Cruz, RB Ahmad Bradshaw, QB Eli Manning
Special Teams: K Lawrence Tynes, KR David Wilson, LB Spencer Paysinger
Breakout Player: RB David Wilson, TE Martellus Bennett, S Stevie Brown
Humanitarian Award: DE Justin Tuck, WR Victor Cruz, LB Michael Boley, DL Chris Canty
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NFL Nominees
MVP: Peyton Manning QB Denver, Adrian Peterson RB Minnesota, Matt Ryan QB Atlanta, Tom Brady QB New England, Aaron Rodgers QB Green Bay
Offensive Player of the Year: Drew Brees QB New Orleans, Adrian Peterson RB Minnesota, Calvin Johnson WR Detroit, Tom Brady QB New England, Aaron Rodgers QB Green Bay
Defensive Player of the Year: JJ Watt, DE Houston, Geno Atkins DT Cincinnati, Von Miller LB Denver, Aldon Smith LB San Francisco, London Fletcher LB Washington
Offensive Rookie of the Year: Andrew Luck QB Indianapolis, Russell Wilson QB Seattle, Robert Griffin III QB Washington, Alfred Morris RB Washington, Doug Martin RB Tampa Bay
Defensive Rookie of the Year: Luke Kuechly LB Carolina, Janoris Jenkins CB St.Louis, Casey Hayward CB Green Bay, Lavonte David LB Tampa Bay, Bobby Wagner LB Seattle
Comeback Player of the Year: Adrian Peterson RB Minnesota, Peyton Manning QB Denver, Other
NFL Head Coach of the Year: John Fox, Denver; Bruce Arians, Indianapolis; Pete Carroll, Seattle; Mike Smith, Atlanta; Jeff Fisher, St, Louis


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Despite belly aching by opponents, age doesn't appear to play much of a role in John McCain's bid for the Presidency. In her article, Angela Delli Santi of Associated Press describes why In her AP article, Angela Delli Santi describes why age will not impact the election bids of McCain and other older politicians. It's nice to know that these arguments aren't holding water with voters even though it seems to be the topic du jour.
Meanwhile, the presumptive nominees for the 2008 race seem to be willing to engage each other on the real problems facing the nation rather than superficial issues such as age. This weekend, McCain and Obama tussled over the best way to cure what ails the American economy in The New York Times political blog, The Caucus. We'll give this one some time before we dive in with our opinions.
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As those of you who care, and probably most of you that don't, already know there is a new iPhone coming out in a couple weeks. The iPhone 4, as Apple is calling it, is a big step up in many ways from the previous model. For those of us that still have the original Edge (2G) only iPhone, well it's a major advancement.
The new iPhone has many new features. Depending upon your needs (or wants) they may or may not seem important. For me the faster processor (same as the iPad), the HD video, the ability to run iOS 4 and finally being able to use 3G are what make this an easy decision to upgrade.
Some of the new features of the iPhone 4 and iOS 4 are:
- FaceTime – face to face video chat
- 5 Megapixel Camera – with bulit in LED flash
- Voice Control – voice activated control for calls and songs
- Retina Display – 960-by-640-pixel resolution at 326 ppi
- Multitasking – run and switch between apps instantly
- Folders – keep your apps organized
- iMovie – edit video, add themes and music, and share your movies
- HD Video Recording – HD (720p) up to 30 frames per second with audio
We are making plans to visit Davao and Samal Island later this year. I had already been looking into a Flip Minio HD video camera to shot some high def video while I was there. In my mind I'll no longer need that video cam, as the new iPhone shots high def in 720P. I also plan on leaving my Canon PowerShot A710IS at home, as I can shot stills at 5 mega pixels and even though my Canon is 7.1 mega pixels, it's not enough of a difference for me to carry around the extra device, in addition to the chargers and cables.
An additional benefit, and one that I'm pretty excited about, is that I can use my original iPhone in the Philippines on one of the local carriers there. I'll need to unlock (jailbreak) my iPhone and then buy a new sim card with load. I should be good to go and have local cell phone access the entire time I'm in Davao/Samal. I will need to research a bit for the best coverage for Samal, but this should be very handy. I can use the same charger and cables, so I'm not bring anything else along other than the extra phone. Of course, I could unlock my iPhone 4, but I'm not willing to do that. I'll leave that for those more daring than I.
I had hoped that Apple would announce that Verizon would also be carrying a version of the iPhone. That has been rumored for some time now, and I suppose will happen sometime later this year or early next. I don't want to wait for that, and will make my pre-order on Tuesday. So another 2 years with AT&T, but that's the price to pay at this time.


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AbstractA series of five field and laboratory studies reveal a temperature-premium effect: warm temperatures increase individuals' valuation of products. We demonstrate the effect across a variety of products using different approaches to measure or manipulate physical warmth and different assessments of product valuation. The studies suggest that exposure to physical warmth activates the concept of emotional warmth, eliciting positive reactions and increasing product valuation. Further supporting the causal role of emotional warmth, and following prior research relating greater positive feelings to reduced distance, we find that warm temperatures also reduce individuals' perceived distance from the target products.
Zwebner, Yonat, Leonard Lee, and Jacob Goldenberg. "The Temperature Premium: Warm Temperatures Increase Product Valuation." Journal of Consumer Psychology 24, no. 2 (2014): 251-259.


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BUFFALO CREEK (Rockwall County). Buffalo Creek rises three miles southeast of Rockwall in southwestern Rockwall County (at 32°55' N, 96°25' W) and runs southwest for thirty miles to its mouth on the East Fork of the Trinity River, three miles west of Forney (at 32°45' N, 96°31' W). The stream traverses flat to rolling land surfaced by dark, calcareous clays that support mesquite and cacti. For most of the county's history the Buffalo Creek area has been used as range and cropland.
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article."BUFFALO CREEK (ROCKWALL COUNTY)," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/rbbmg), accessed October 09, 2015. Uploaded on June 12, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.


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(Grand Rapids, Mich.) Jacob Erickson and Joel Leong's shared interest in music and track brought them together as roommates last year. They concluded their Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference careers by each setting a meet record in their best events.
Leong opened the meet by winning the hammer throw on his first attempt. His second throw travelled 199' 9.75" breaking the record of 187' 7" set in 2004 by Mike Caro of Siena Heights. Leong's next three throws were no better, but he made a huge effort on his final attempt, yelling, "get out!" as the ball flew and landed beyond the 60 meter arc. The throw measured 201' 10" which was just one inch short of his personal best.
Events on the track began well for CU as Zach Ripley, Alex Green and Cody Risch pulled away from the field in the 3000 meter steeplechase. In the final 200 meters, Ripley and Green discussed who should win. Ripley, who has been NAIA National runner up twice in the event graciously gave Green the conference title. Alex won in 9:38.20 with Ripley four seconds back. Risch was third in 9:53.00. Peter Kaijala made a determined effort to move from fifth to fourth in the last lasp. He and Kevin Mahar of Aquinas raced shoulder to shoulder over the final 80 meters with Mahar getting the better lean at the line 10:01.70 to 10:01.80.
In the 4 x 100 meters, Adam Duerksen, Zach Yeo, Erickson built a three meter lead for anchor James Russ. Rumeal McKinney of Aquinas pulled ahead, as expected giving the Saints the win in 41.83. Cornstone's time of 42.19 bettered the NAIA provisional standard in second.
Ripley fought his way to third in the 1500 in a personal best 3:56.38 just behind Jesiah Rodriguez of Siena in 3:55.45.
Erickson and Yeo dominated the 400 meters with Jacob clocking 48.43 for the win and meet record, erasing the 48.65 run by Jameel Jones of Siena Heights in 2004. Yeo set a personal best 48.95 in second.
CU sprinters finished 2-4-6 in the 200 meters. Erickson's time of 21.83 was a huge personal best and just under the meet record of 21.84 set by Jason Carver of Aquinas in 2001. Rumeal McKinney, however made sure the new record stayed with Aquinas, winning in 21.72. Yeo's 22.26 was also personal best and Burd added one point for his 22.64.
Ripley and Green were back at it in the 5000 meters controlling the pace at the front of the pack. Freshman, Jared Courtright, held on to the back of the pack as it strung out. Shortly before the finish it was decided that this race would be Zach's to win and he eased ahead of Green 15:17.32 to 15:18.33. Courtright was a determined sixth in 15:51.33.
Chad Butler cleared a PR 14' in the pole vault finishing fifth, just 1.25" off the freshm
As is always the case, the 4 x 400 meter relay provided plenty of fireworks to close out a great competition that saw nine meet records fall. Cornestone held off Indiana Tech for the WHAC Indoor title in February and the Warriors wasted no time trying to settle that score. Yeo's 50.5 lead off leg had CU five meters behind after the exchange and cut in. Tech's second man extended the gap to 15 meters as Kurtis Koffkey's 50.7 kept Cornerstone solidly in second place. Jeff Burd attacked for the entire third leg, closing the margin to less than ten meters with an amazing 47.9 split. Erickson whittled away the rest of the gap in 200 meters then positioned himself through the final turn just behind Tech's anchor. As the pair came off the bend Erickson came up shoulder to shoulder. The two stayed that way for the last 70 meters, a wall of teammates lining the homestretch and providing thunderous noise. Erickson's heroic 47.3 split left Cornerstone just .26 short at the line with Tech prevailing 3:16.40 to 3:16.56.
Aquinas won the team title with 173 points followed by Seina Heights at 134. Cornerstone took third, just one point behind Seina wile Indiana Tech totaled 113, Daveport 63 and Concordia 24.


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Monday, March 7, 2011
How-To: Drywall Installation Metal Trim and Corner Bead
FIGURE 3-1 Two types of corner bead (Courtesy of U.S. Gypsum Co.)
Corner bead is a strip of metal that has a 90° bend in it. The strip is usually eight to ten feet long. It's made in different widths. The most commonly used is 1 1/4 inch. (See Figure 3-1.)
The edge of the corner bead sticks out enough so that when the bead is nailed to the wall and then covered (floated) with joint compound, the metal will be covered. This is done so the corner will have a hard edge, but it will not show when the wall is painted.
Corner bead is used not only for wall corners but also for window and door frames in place of wood. Figure 3-2 shows how to apply the bead to regular corners, and
Figure 3-3 shows how to apply the bead to window and door openings.
FIGURE 3-3 Corner bead details on windows
Before hanging drywall on the inside of a window, you must rasp the drywall around the edge of the window. If the drywall goes past the window edge. it will before you apply the corner bead that you check all the corners. Make sure that one drywall edge is not sticking out past the edge of another. Unless the corner joint is smooth and square, the corner bead will go on crooked.
Corner bead is difficult to apply correctly and requires care. If it's done incorrectly, the bead won't get covered when joint compound is floated over it. When applying the bead to a corner, put pressure against the bead as you nail it. Start nailing in the center of the bead and nail all the way to one end. Then nail the other end.
Each nail in a pair should be directly opposite the other, and the bead should be nailed about every twelve inches. Any loose part of the bead must be nailed down. When using the clincher or screw attachment, follow the same procedure. The corner bead on a soffit is nailed the same way as the other corners, but there is usually a corner of the soffit that uses three pieces of bead joining together from three different directions. These corner pieces are cut as shown in Figure 3-4.
Sometimes a builder will use plywood to cover the soffit. Most hangers will nail just anywhere, believing that it is acceptable to nail into the plywood. It is not. The plywood bounces when you drive a nail into it. This keeps the nail from holding tight. Even if the soffit is covered with plywood, you must place the nails in the stud. You will be able to tell where the studs are because the plywood will be nailed there. Some corners are less or greater than 90, so regular corner bead will not work on them. The finisher will have to use what is called flex bead. Such corners are called bastard angles. (See Figure 3-5.)
If you come upon a circular opening or archway that requires corner bead, cut the bead at one-inch intervals along one side of the angle so it can be bent around the opening. Refer to Figures 2-42 through 2-44.
A plastic corner bead is available now for corners that are not square. If you cannot find it, the angle of a piece of metal bead can be made wider by fitting a one-inch piece of pipe inside the metal corner bead. Tap it with a hammer until the angle is the desired size.
Another convenient new product is the bullnose corner bead. This gives a rounded-off look. This metal is put on in almost the same way as regular corner bead except, of course, the angle cuts are much harder to make. Flannery, Inc., also sells two metal pieces that help match the corners so they can be finished properly.
See Figures 3-6 and 3-7.
Expansion Joints or Control Joints
1. For cutting miters in an archway, install the header bead first. The bead should extend from the framing on one side to the framing on the other side with a simple straight cut.
2. Cut a small piece of bead approximately 6" long to be used for a guide. With a pair of snips cut a half moon section out of each end as shown in the illustration, and trim to fit the header bead. When you have accomplished this, simply cut the two vertical beads to length and with the small guide, place it over the bead, and scribe the half moon shape. Cut on the line and nail the beads in place.
FIGURE 3-7 Bullnose corner bead (Courtesy Flannery, Inc., Pacoima, CA)
Metal furring channel can be used to build suspended drywall ceilings. It also can be used to furr a wall area, creating air space for soundproofing. This channel is used for many other things as well. (See Figure 3~8.)
Metal studs and runners are used in the metal framing industry. You will see metal framing on most commercial job sites. Metal framing will affect your work as the work. If you push in too much when driving the screws, the studs will twist; this in turn twists the drywall. The problems caused by twisting the studs usually aren't noticed until you start finishing. Even though the recess is filled and smoothed out, the edge of the recess is showing and it may be difficult to figure out the reasons for this. If you take a long piece of metal and place it across the wall, you will understand the problem more clearly (Figure 3-9).
FIGURE 3-9 Sometimes these joints take in the entire piece of drywall to break the section out
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James Clark of Ardmore read in the Longhorn Daily Moo down in Texas that Dallas Cowboys coach Jason Garrett found former Oklahoma Sooners halfback Demarco Murray "champing at the bit to play" for the Cowboys.
Some folks chomp, some folks champ
"I grew up hearing 'chomping at the bit,'" said James, as Bubba checked the air pressure in his tires. "Guess Coach Garrett and I came from different necks of the woods. Speaking of that, how did 'neck of the woods' get started? Sounds stupid to this Okie."
Well, there aren't as many woods in Oklahoma as there are in less fortunate states, Jim, and Buck figures Oklahomans do more chomping than they do champing.
"Champ" is the original word for chewing or biting on something, but vowel sounds don't stay put down the ages, and "chomp" took its place beside "champ" after a couple of centuries of masticating.
When a horse wants to get moving and somebody is pulling back on the reins, it tends to chomp impatiently on the bit. More fastidious speakers may want to go back to the original "champ," but Buck wouldn't give a plug mule for the difference.
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Is there any polynomial $f(x,y)\in{\mathbb Q}[x,y]{}\ $ such that $f:\mathbb{Q}\times\mathbb{Q} \rightarrow\mathbb{Q}$ is a bijection?
Let us consider a simpler case first. Let $Q_1=Q\cap [0,1]$. Now let us assume $f:Q_1\times Q_1\to Q_1$ is a uniformly continuous bijection. Then, according to Rudin (I believe it is an exercise), there is unique continuous extension, $g$, such that:
1) $f=g$ on $Q_1\times Q_1$.
2) $g$ is uniformly continuous on $\overline{Q_1\times Q_1}=[0,1]^2$.
3) Namely, $g(x_0)=\lim_{x\to x_0} f(x)$.
Since the image of a connected, compact set is connected and compact, then $Im(g)=[0,1]$. But, this is impossible because if we consider three distinct rational points $a,b,c$ in $[0,1]^2$, then $g$ restricted to the connected set $[0,1]^2-${$a,b,c$} is still continuous, but the image will not be connected since g is bijective on $Q_1\times Q_1$.
I think the above case now follows. That is if we consider $f:Q\times Q\to Q$ and $f$ is a polynomial, then $f$ restricted to $Q_1\times Q_1$ would could be a uniformly continuous bijection. However, we won't know what the image is. But this doesn't matter, since when we extend to $g$ the continuous image of a connected compact set is connected and compact. But the only connected compact subsets of $R$ are bounded closed intervals. So, the image would be some $[a,b]$ and would get another contradiction.
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I don't think so.
Suppose $f$ to be surjective. Let $x\mapsto 0$ and $y\mapsto 1$. Now consider two distinct paths $\gamma,\eta:[0,1]\to\mathbb Q\times\mathbb Q$ from $x$ to $y$. Since $f$ is continuous it maps these paths surjectively onto $[0,1]$ (more exactly $[0,1]\subset f\gamma([0,1])$ and $[0,1]\subset f\eta([0,1])$). Thus, $f$ cannot be injective.
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The plane lands without incident at Chicago's teeming O'Hare International Airport, where everyone's on a mission, going somewhere, doing something. The industrially correct word for such an airport is hub, but it's a turnstile more than anything else, flinging us to our diverse destinations: this one goes to Los Angeles, that one to Paris, another to Caracas. Me? I'm going to Iowa. I board a half-empty connecting flight, and an hour later the plane lands in Cedar Rapids. It's the only passenger jet in sight, and it will not stay for long - this plane has places to go.
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I have come to Fairfield to interview the high tech entrepreneurs behind Telegroup and USA Global Link, telecommunications firms whose wily use of callback technology helped break the spine of the world's telephone monopolies. The upshot may be as earthshaking in the US$600 billion global telecom market as the breakup of Ma Bell was in the US market. Consider this: The average cost of an international phone call is poised to drop as much as 80 percent over the next few years. To anyone who has made an international call and cursed its exorbitant cost, these guys are heroes. Their reward has been considerable so far, leading to annual salaries in excess of half a million dollars for some- and the prospect of greater riches ahead.
It started quite modestly a few years back, when callback companies arrived on the scene using a high tech trick to capitalize on the fact that foreign telephone monopolies charge many times more for international calls than American companies such as AT&T and MCI. The trick consisted of setting up phone switches in the States that customers would call from abroad. Callers would hang up after the first ring, avoiding any charge, and a phone switch would call them back instantly, connecting them to a stateside phone line. The customers then dialed their calls on the American line, incurring reasonable US rates rather than exorbitant rates charged by the foreign monopolies.
Telegroup, which grew from practically nothing a few years ago into a firm that raked in $213 million in revenues last year, just went public, is valued at about $300 million, and aims to evolve into a global phone company offering a full range of services. A few cornfields away, Global Link aims for a similar transition and has unveiled grandiose plans to build an Internet-based phone system. If Telegroup or Global Link stumble during their transitions, they're telecom roadkill. Splat. If they stay on their feet, they're players in an explosion of riches in the warp-speed world of global telephony.
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The aim of this study is to select the optimal conditions for quantification in the oral cavity of Lactobacillus brevis CD2, a probiotic strain contained in a commercially available dietary supplement and to assess its persistency after oral administration. Different sets of primers for L. brevis detection will be tested in real-time PCR reactions to find optimal amplification efficiency and target specificity. Primers ability in the identification of L. brevis DNA will be assessed in a pilot study conducted on 12 healthy volunteers clinically free of oral pathologies. The subjects will take 3 tablets/day for 3 days and one tablet on the 4th day. Clinical samples (dorsal surface of tongue, first molar, vestibular fornix and saliva) will be collected at baseline (before beginning the trial), at T0 (in the morning before the assumption of the last tablet) and 3, 6, and 9 hours after taking the last tablet. The quantities of L. brevis DNA will be compared to the total number of bacteria present in the samples. The activity of the enzyme arginine deiminase, responsible for oral pH homeostasis (particularly abundant in the CD2 strain) will be also assessed in the saliva samples before and after treatment, by HPLC measurements.
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