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Kansas Earth Volunteer program announces the fiscal year 2013 state award winners!
Earth Team volunteer Brenda Zabriskie has used her geographic information systems (GIS) skills to organize and re-label old Lyon County aerial photo maps that have lost their flight keys. The flight key is important because it is used to find the photo map of the legal location.
When the Emporia Field Office receives requests for these maps, it normally takes staff hours to work from the few known map reference points to pinpoint the legal location and map. Brenda began volunteering and used her GIS skills to quickly create a new flight key for the aerial maps. Flight keys have been completed for Lyon County and Brenda is now working to complete flight keys for Chase County—a challenge since there is very little information available. In completing this project, Brenda has saved the office countless wasted hours looking for a photo map location. Brenda volunteers after she gets off work from her full-time job at the local school for about an hour and a half every day. Besides volunteering in the field office, she also volunteers at the Emporia Area Office, helping the area office assistant with different tasks.
Due to Brenda's work and dedication, she is turning a challenge into something very beneficial to the Emporia Field Office and the conservation districts in Lyon and Chase counties. Not only are the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) employees benefiting from the flight keys, so will the general public. These flight keys were created for photo maps from the 1950s to more recent photo maps. She has volunteered over 150 hours for this project.
This project has also led to collaboration with the Emporia State University Earth Science Department's Geospatial Analysis Program. This is a learning opportunity for university students and a great way to gain volunteers in the field office.
The increased awareness and interest in cover crops and the NRCS' soil heath campaign, gave a group of producers from several counties a boost to create a formal group—the Living Acres Network (LAN). The founding members have been using no-till from between 7 and 20 years and have been experimenting with cover crops since the 1980s. The group volunteered 162 hours of their time in fiscal year 2013 through outreach and organizing tours and meetings. Through the LAN's Google+ page, they reach out to other producers in Northwest Kansas interested in trying cover crops through shared material and information about upcoming events.
On May 30, 2013, the LAN group sponsored a tour in Gove County to observe samples of planted cover crops. They led a discussion on depth of seeding, species selection, termination dates, crop rotation, and cost of planting cover crops. The NRCS soil moisture study site was also toured as Gove County is one of the eight sites operating across the state to monitor changes in soil water content with cover crops. The soil moisture study is a joint effort between conservation districts and local producers. On another occasion, the LAN invited cover crop specialists to a meeting to discuss different varieties and the use of the Cover Crop Calculator tool.
"The Living Acres Network is a tremendous group of production specialists striving to advance soil health, soil biodiversity, and conservation. I think that the efforts we are putting in now to explore new innovations in soil health will over time benefit our local community," said Darrell Kaiser, Gove County Conservation District Board of Supervisors Chairman and LAN member.
Adam Elliott, District Conservationist (DC), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Ashland, devotes time to the Earth Team (ET) volunteer program by putting on outreach events, coordinating with other partners, and assisting with recruitment of future NRCS employees.
Adam recruited and trained a local high school student as an ET Volunteer Apprentice. Bringing this student to the team was the first time in ten years that the Ashland Field Office (FO) had an apprentice.
The apprentice's commitment of one hour a day for the entire school year allowed Adam to focus on outdoor or field work. The apprentice provided 130 hours of service by completing tasks such as vegetation and moisture monitoring in different cropping and rangeland systems and assisting with construction and management checkout of conservation practices. By Adam's example as a mentor and the exposure to NRCS, the apprentice changed his college plans from computer programing to agronomy and crop science. Adam provided a win-win situation for all parties involved. Adam and the Ashland FO received much needed volunteer hours, and the apprentice gained a greater knowledge of our agency, conservation, and agriculture.
Adam is an enormous contributor to the Clark County Conservation District's (CCCD) Ag Safety Day. He reached beyond county borders to bring in more kids for this annual event. He provided help in recruiting new presenters and volunteered his own time to present the tractor/power take-off (PTO) safety portion of the day.
Adam also assisted in Meade County's Agricultural Career Fair, presenting his career path as well as pointing out potential other careers in the natural resources and environmental field. Another large project in the planning stage is the creation of a high school agricultural class. Adam and partners (K-State Research and Extension, Unified School District 220—Ashland High School, Clark County Farm Bureau, and the CCCD) are working on a proposal to teach students one day per week who do not currently have an opportunity to take an agricultural class.
In the two short years that Adam has served as the DC in Ashland, working with partners in this community has changed drastically. District manager Heather Grigsby said, "It has gone from us calling and 'begging' to give presentations, to groups calling us. It has been a complete turnaround for our outreach programs. Adam is very good with kids. They respond to him and his teaching very well."
As the Area 2 Earth Team (ET) Volunteer Coordinator, Jamie is responsible for the guidance and management of the ET Volunteer Program in nine Management Units (MUs) consisting of 27 offices. Every field office (FO) was able to meet or exceed their goal of 60 hours and two volunteers. Area 2 ended the fiscal rear (FY) with a grand total of 4,987.75 hours and 645 volunteers. Jamie's area also recruited and trained two apprentices.
During area meetings, Jamie acknowledged offices and individuals who have had significant hours or unique activities involving the use of volunteers. She feels it is important to recognize those participating individuals for their contributions and management of the program. She also encourages FOs to present all deserving volunteers with a certificate of appreciation, a recognition item, or a genuine phone call saying thank you for their contributions.
Another outlet Jamie uses to showcase the use of volunteers is to lead by example. She and another district conservationist worked with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism; K-State Extension; and the Master Gardeners Volunteer Group to install a People's Garden-Pollinator Garden. This interaction allowed the community to become more familiar with our agency and how we are achieving our mission of "Helping the People Help the Land." Jamie contributed hours of her personal time to plant and cultivate the pollinator garden and used this success story at an area meeting to try and encourage other offices to follow in her footsteps.
Education on why volunteers are so important is the greatest challenge. Jamie takes the time to seek out non-believers in the program and reach out to them in a way they may understand the benefit of the volunteer program and its possibilities. One spark could always start a fire, and Jamie says you just need to work with those individuals who are not utilizing the program to generate the greatest amount of interest.
Wilson County Conservation District (WCCD) and Auxiliary have shown what volunteers can do—and gone above and beyond in doing so. Their goal was to involve the Wilson County community in programs involving agricultural conservation and heritage. As meetings were held, representatives from different organizations began volunteering in planning and implementation. The volunteers were from the WCCD and Auxiliary, Wilson County Old Iron Club, the Historical Society, Fredonia Arts Council, Unified School District (USD) 387, USD 484, and citizens of Wilson County.
The WCCD and Auxiliary are very active with twenty-eight members. In 2013, they volunteered their valuable time and talents for school programs, field days, rangeland workshops and assisted with set up/refreshments when the WCCD hosted district meetings for the Kansas Association for Conservation Districts (KACD) and the State Conservation Commission (SCC) as well as the respective Spring and Fall Workshops. Other programs and activities in fiscal year 2013 include the following:
In a collaborative effort, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS); the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT); K-State Research and Extension; and the Master Gardeners all of Pratt County joined forces to create a Pollinator Garden. The garden is situated in front of the KDWPT museum and is intended to serve as an educational and outreach plot for the entire community, as well as serve as a food source for the many pollinators which inhabit the area. A passion for plants and conservation is evident.
The partners of this project worked collectively to find a location for the pollinator garden, secure funding for the materials, design a garden which would supply a food source for the pollinators all summer by using early, mid, and late season blooming native vegetation, preparing the site, picking up the plants, sowing the plants, installing a watering system, and overall maintenance of the garden. One of the many positive outcomes of the pollinator garden project has been the interest generated among the urban community to understand more about NRCS and how the agency benefits the whole county by protecting our natural resources.
The unique function of this Pollinator Garden is how it tends to pull non-traditional and traditional NRCS customers together. This partnership cultivated a variety of relationships with traditional farmers and community conservation activities. Individuals who were not familiar with the agency began to have a better understanding of how NRCS puts conservation on the ground and how the agency may be able to help the community though backyard conservation. People who live in town are starting to realize that they have similar conservation concerns as local farmers.
A special thank you goes out to those individuals who contributed their time, talent, and effort to the establishment of the Pratt County Pollinator Garden. We would like to recognize Rita Schartz, Jamie Johnson, Chris Berens, Chris Shrack, Mark Ploger, Kathy Stewart, Linda Broce, Erin Crouch, Diana Hemphill, Judy Lee, Jan Luttrell, Yolonda Mendoza, Fay Miller, Will Beth Mills, and Carol Stull.
The Natural Resources Conservation Service Field Office (FO) in St. Francis has enlisted volunteers to address a dire environmental concern in Cheyenne County—food security. This comes in the wake of the local grocery filing bankruptcy and U.S. Department of Agriculture's labeling of the county as a "food desert," based on the distance residents must travel to obtain food for their families. The FO has formed an aggressive Food and Agriculture Committee (FAC) out of local volunteers to address this concern from a variety of stakeholder angles. NRCS' district conservationist, Bernadette Luncsford (also the FAC Chairperson), schedules pasture visits where volunteers learn about how rotational grazing increases grassland health. She volunteers much of her own time giving technical assistance in the area's six People's Gardens. She works with a job placement specialist that represents disabled workers who need retraining and find them a niche in St Francis' Earth Team. She enjoys sharing her expertise with co-workers and gave a national training on starting a People's Garden to NRCS state volunteer coordinators this year.
NRCS' soil conservation technician, Cale Rieger, presented a soil health slideshow at a conservation district board meeting on how increasing organic matter with cover crops can increase moisture holding capacity and improve crop yields while saving money by making less trips across fields conserving fuel energy. Cale takes his cover crop knowledge to the field and educates volunteers by showing them the diverse beneficial insect populations and molds, lichen, and fungi growing on the top of the soil in a healthy crop field. Cale also has volunteers assist him in the field with conservation practice checkout. His contributions to the Community Gardens include: weeding, planting crops, mulching, harvesting crops, and recommending cover crop mixes specific to the garden's needs, for overwintering.
The third member of the field office staff in St Francis is the Cheyenne County Conservation District Manager Danielle (Dani) Holzwarth. She leads the conservation board in planting and harvesting the container garden at the office and administers the district's "Home Garden Program" where volunteers sign up to grow produce for donation and are given 10 free seed packets. She weighs the produce from all donation programs (Home Garden Program, People's Garden at the office, Community Garden, and Junior Garden Club), tracks and records the pounds, and then organizes transportation of the donations to the Good Samaritan Village, the Senior Center, the School Lunch Program, and the local Food Pantry.
Through the collaboration of the St. Francis FO with other FAC stakeholders, an environment has been created in Cheyenne County that has supported the birth of at least five new local food producers. It has also undoubtedly increased the production potential of many existing local farmers. This is in addition to distributing over 1,800 pounds of donated food, thereby stabilizing local food availability.
Carolyn Quillin understands the value of volunteers and wears many hats in Seward County's outreach programs, volunteer recruitment, and also as the Liberal Service Center Earth Team (ET) Volunteer Coordinator. Liberal concluded the 2013 year recording 48 volunteers and 363 hours helping Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) with its mission of "Helping People Help the Land."
As recruiter and volunteer coordinator, Carolyn seeks volunteers who can help in a "feasible way" with outreach/education or large workload deadlines to assist in the office. This past year, she made contact with the local agricultural teacher to bring 5 high school students to the office to volunteer and possibly become apprentices next year. She also recruited volunteers for other counties!
Each spring, the annual Farm Education Day is held in conjunction with Farm Bureau, Seward County Community College, K-State Research and Extension, Southwest Heights Future Farmer's America (FFA) Chapter, and local farmers and ranchers. Carolyn serves as a committee member for the planning, execution, and follow-up of this event and she's the NRCS/Conservation District Liaison. This all-day event brings in 1,200 Liberal and Southwest Heights pre-school and 1st graders that experience tractors, farm animals, Soil Superheroes, crops, and watershed demonstrations.
Carolyn and her husband, ET Volunteer Dave Quillin, brought the Soil Tunnel Trailer to events in southwest Kansas to assist in the NRCS Mission. In 2013, 280 students experienced the Soil Trailer while it was at the Liberal school system on two occasions, at three local libraries, and at the Liberal Service Center's Open House. While NRCS staff instructed on soils and crops at one stop, Carolyn gave tours of the underground life demonstrated by the trailer to students and community members.
Carolyn assists the district conservationist in creating folders, recording hours, and archiving old volunteer folders. This time spent keeping up with the system provides a great service to NRCS staff by allowing them to focus on conservation planning, program contracting, and further outreach events.
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Cost of equity
The cost of equity for a firm is the rate of return required for its shareholders.
Expanded Definition
Equity is not free to the company. Investors in the company expect a return and that return is the cost of the equity to the company. Because equity holders are subordinate to debt holders in cases of bankruptcy (they only get something if all the debt holders are satisfied first, and in a bankruptcy that usually means zilch), they require a higher return than debt holders do. Thus, equity is more expensive than debt (which is one reason that companies take on debt, to lower their average cost of capital).
Granted, it's not a cash outlay like interest is, but in an extreme situation, shareholders could force the company to pay out and generate some cash return for themselves. They own the company, after all. Think what happens when a hostile shareholder takes over, for instance.
Also, the cost is not fixed the same way interest on debt is, but a manager worth anything at all has a fairly good approximation of what it is.
Equity has a cost to the company, even if it's implicit. At worst, it's what the equity investor could have earned elsewhere in the next best thing, but gave up to invest here. Therefore, it should not be ignored when determining if the company is generating a high enough return on capital.
One way to determine the cost of equity is to take the rate paid by a risk-free investment (such as the 10-year treasury) and add a risk premium to it. Research has shown that equity investors usually use a risk premium of 4% to 6% or so, and adding that to the 10-year rate of 4% or so gives a cost of equity of about 8% to 10%.
Many people use the volatility of the stock price relative to an index (its beta) to adjust the cost of capital, by adjusting the equity risk premium. (This is the capital asset pricing model, CAPM.)
For instance, if the volatility is 20% more than the index (beta = 1.20), then the cost of equity, including volatility of the stock, is 8.8% to 11.2% (4% * 1.2 + 4% = 8.8% and similarly for the other end).
For firms that pay a dividend, the cost of equity can be calculated with the following formula:
<math>Cost\ of\ Equity=\frac{Next\ Year's\ Dividend}{Share\ Price} + Dividend\ Growth\ Rate</math>

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Hey folks!
It's been a while (A little over two months now), but we're finally ready for the Great Server Migration of 2014!
After much deliberation (And a short break while I left the country), we have finally purchased a new server and are beginning the preparations to move all of our existing servers over. In homage to the slow absorbtion of dahou.se by Rito, we are naming all of our new servers after League of Legends, so I hope you'll all join me in welcoming our new home, RIFT.
Over the next few days, and maybe weeks, we will be moving things over one at a time, starting with the FTB Monster Minecraft server this evening, or tomorrow. Please bear with us while we get everything working, there will be some interruption while DNS names and stuff get moved over, and I'll keep a post on the front page with schedules and info to make things go as smoothly as possible.
Thanks for all your patience, and see you on the other side!
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AVCA Spring Conference Registration Now Open
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Registration for the 2010 AVCA Spring Conference: 21st Century Coaching Skills opened today, with a terrific line-up of speakers scheduled to present. The conference, now in its third year, is scheduled for May 6-8 on the campus of Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., and is held in conjunction with the 2010 NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship.
Coming off the record-breaking 2009 Tampa Convention, the AVCA is heading to the opposite coast with their second most popular event. "We always strive to deliver the best volleyball coaching education in America," said Kathy DeBoer, AVCA Executive Director, "and the continued willingness of our top coaches to help us in that quest is mission-critical and intensely affirming." John Dunning, the decorated women's head volleyball coach at Stanford, headlines the impressive list of presenters, along with U.S. Men's National Team head coach Alan Knipe, and Sue Woodstra, whose Olympic medalist performances span three decades.
Dunning has won four national championships and nearly 700 matches as an NCAA Division I head coach. In his nine seasons at Stanford, he has led the Cardinal to the NCAA championship match six times.
Knipe began as head coach of the U.S. Men's Team in April 2009, and led a young team to victory at the World Championship Qualifier, a second-place finish at the NORCECA Continental Championship and a sixth-place finish at World League. Woodstra won the silver medal as a primary passer and outside hitter with the U.S. Women's Team at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, then was an assistant coach to "Jenny" Lang Ping on the squad that won silver in Beijing during the summer of 2008. She is currently the head women's coach at Humboldt State.
In addition to the headline presenters, the notable list of speakers includes Arnie Ball, men's head coach at IPFW and 2007 NCAA finalist; Ray Bechard, head women's coach at Kansas, current AVCA President, and winner of over 900 college volleyball matches; Chris Bigelow, assistant coach and ace recruiter at California; John Kosty, head men's coach at Stanford, who has been on that staff for 20 years, including as an assistant for their national championship in 1997; popular AVCA Convention clinician and former head coach at Florida State, Cecile Reynaud; Mark Rosen, the most successful head coach in University of Michigan history; and Tom Tait, 2007 USA Volleyball All-Time Great Coach Award winner and former men's head coach and NCAA finalist at Penn State.
"This spring conference, in focusing on 21st Century Coaching Skills, is designed to once again offer a program that both challenges and engages participants in critical thinking about our sport." said DeBoer. "From the technical/tactical material to the CEO skills necessary to be a successful coach, these nationally-recognized experts will expand your knowledge and excite you about what is possible with your team."
A full list of presenters, registration and schedule information and much more can be found on the AVCA Spring Conference website, www.avca.org/springconference2010 .


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The U.S. Air Force has a busy year ahead in space as it aims to launch the first satellites of several critical constellations, formulate plans to buy new weather and space surveillance satellites, and understand the ramifications of a handful of policy reviews and changes in NASA's human spaceflight program.
Space acquisition troubles have dogged the Air Force for much of the past decade as it has plodded through efforts to replace its Cold War-era constellations. The service has made some headway in recent years with the successful launches of its first three Wideband Global Satcom communications satellites.
This year, the service hopes to continue that progress by launching the first of its new generation of highly protected communications satellites, the first of a new block of GPS satellites, and the first Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) satellite. Early next year is now the target for launching the long-awaited first Space Based Infrared System missile warning satellite.
The White House sent its 2011 budget request to Congress on Feb. 1, and with it came several directives that will affect the Air Force in the years ahead. The administration proposed canceling NASA's Moon-bound Constellation program, a decision that will affect the cost and availability of the solid-rocket motors used for space launch and strategic missiles. The White House also terminated a troubled military-civilian weather satellite program, and the Air Force is now planning a replacement program.
The White House is also expected to soon complete a Space Policy Review addressing topics including space protection, cooperation, acquisition reform and export controls. The Pentagon will follow that with its own Space Posture Review, an interim version of which was delivered to Congress in March.
Gary Payton, a former astronaut, is responsible for overseeing the military's space acquisition plans and research and development.
Q. What does the cancellation of Constellation mean for the Air Force?
A. If there are increases to the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) annual launch rate, that's a good sign. Right now, we have a plan for United Launch Alliance to do eight launches a year, notionally five for the Air Force, two for the National Reconnaissance Office and one for NASA. So if we can increase that one for NASA up to two or three per year, that would be great for everybody, because we would be buying more rocket engines per year and flying more rockets per year, and that helps with the proficiency of the launch crews.
If some commercial company or companies want to use the EELV for human access to the space station, we'd have to look very closely at changes to the rockets' design in order to accommodate people. And any of those changes we'd have to manage very closely so that they don't ripple in to the Air Force design, which has been very successful with 31 successes out of 31 attempts. My view is, if it works, don't fix it.
One way to safely use these rockets is to build "white tail" EELVs that are the same for everybody. After you assemble them, then you add different things to allow crew inside the launch vehicle. We'd be building more rockets per year, and the critical parts are the same for all users. What I don't want to see is two separate assembly lines, one that is unique to NASA and another unique for the Air Force and intelligence community. That doesn't help anybody because their RS-68 engine is different from our RS-68 engine, and their RL-10 engine is different from our RL-10 engine.
Q. Are you concerned about the Constellation decision's impact on the solid-rocket motor industrial base?
A. We've come to find out that it has a trivial impact on space launch because we don't use the big 3½-meter segmented solids on our EELVs; we use solids that are about 1½ meters in diameter. There is a small ripple effect into space launch, but the dominant industrial base concern, according to the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy, is on the ballistic missile side for the Navy and Air Force. We build 30 to 40 stages for the Trident D5 submarine-launched missile every year, and there are about a dozen motors built each year to sustain the Minuteman 3 industrial base. We already know these sustainment costs will go up, but we don't yet know by how much.
When we understand the ramifications, we'll have to adjust to it. It may mean buying fewer stages per year. It might mean using these stages for other applications. Right now, we pull solid-rocket segments out of storage for use in Minotaur launch vehicles, and that's been a very successful program for years. We may have to change that.
Q. What is in the interim version of the Space Posture Review?
A. Well, it's not a finished product. It went around for interagency coordination before it went to Congress, and it had to be signed by the director of national intelligence and the secretary of defense.
Q. What was left out?
A. What the Space Posture Review really does is set the environment. It's a congested and contested environment, and some people add that it's a competitive environment. We've migrated from the Cold War era where there were two dominant space players, and we had a tacit agreement that if you don't play with our satellites, we won't play with yours. There are more players nowadays. The interim report says there are 60 nations that have assets in orbit. So the tacit agreement that we shared with the Soviet Union doesn't apply any more.
There's plenty of evidence that shows there are lots of folks who can do signal jamming, lasers and kinetic anti-satellite attacks. And satellite technology is shrinking, so they're getting harder to keep track of. The interim review sort of lays out that environmental picture, and the final results will come after the White House completes its Space Policy Review. It will not be done in time to inform the 2012 budget request.
Q. Will you include funding to purchase commercial communications capacity in the 2012 budget and beyond?
A. If you look at the demand curves for communications, no matter where we are, the demand curve is going up. We cannot satisfy that demand just with government satellites. So we will be in the business of using commercial capacity for the foreseeable future.
Are there better ways to buy and lease it? Sure. The Defense Information Systems Agency and the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration are doing a study to quantify everything that has to go over communications links of all types, whether they are terrestrial, airborne or satellite. To satisfy those demands, we could work on better compression algorithms to have to transmit less data. Or you can pipe data from the aircraft to a gateway on the ground and use fiber to get it where it needs to go. Or you pipe it over the horizon through a government or commercial satellite. That's all a part of our milsatcom way ahead. I would predict the amount of commercial capacity we buy will continue to increase.
Q. You mentioned airborne communications nodes as a possible solution for the bandwidth crunch. Why do you think this has never really been implemented?
A. We've done some demonstrations of it, and it works as you would expect. But the operations and maintenance costs for keeping something even as inexpensive as an unmanned aerial vehicle continuously on orbit are high. For each orbit I have, I have to have one aircraft in the sky, another flying to the orbit, then another on the ground getting ready to go. So to maintain one orbit, I really have to have 2½ to 3½ aircraft. If you need 24/7 coverage for months or years, costwise, that is best served by a satellite. But if it's a surge and I just need it for a few hours, airplanes are probably a great idea.
Q. You plan to hold an open contest to build the next SBSS satellite. Why not sole-source it to Boeing and Ball Aerospace, who built the first system?
A. The next satellite will not be a carbon copy. If you look back, the first satellite was designed as a pathfinder, meant to get something on orbit before the Midcourse Space Experiment stopped functioning. But the program was delayed. It is now sitting in a clean room awaiting launch.
We are developing new requirements for the follow-on satellite. We want to see if perhaps it could have some sort of relationship with the Missile Defense Agency's planned missile tracking constellation. In essence, there are several different designs we have to look at for the long-term suite of mission requirements. It's really not about the performance of any particular contractor on the first satellite.
Q. The first SBSS satellite was ready last fall, but difficulties with its Minotaur 4 launcher have kept it on the ground. Have those issues been fully resolved?
A. I think so. In April, we're going to launch the Hypersonic Test Vehicle-2, which is a cooperative program between the Air Force and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. [Editor's note: The launch took place April 22.] We should be able to launch the SBSS satellite in June.
Q. What will it take to assure you that a new rocket like SpaceX's Falcon 9 is ready to launch operational military payloads?
A. We have a set of criteria called the New Entrant Evaluation Plan. One of those requirements is a design review to show margins and the design of the launch vehicle. Both Orbital Sciences and SpaceX will satisfy the new entrant criteria as they progress through NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program. I don't have any problem seeing a future where, for the right size satellites, SpaceX should be a competitor.
-- By Turner Brinton and Amy Klamper.
Office Profile
Guides, directs and oversees the formulation, review and execution of military space programs, including acquisition plans, strategies and assessments for research, development, testing and industrial base issues.
Programs: Include GPS, Space Based Space Surveillance satellite, Space Based Infrared System missile warning satellite, Wideband Global Satellite communications, Advanced Extremely High Frequency communications satellites, Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle.
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CLEVELAND -- A stand-off with police has ended and three children are now safe.
Police say that the standoff happened at 11225 Mount Overlook Avenue.
Just before 5 a.m. a woman and her boyfriend were coming home from a bar when two men confronted them in the drive way.
One of the men pulled out a hand gun and beat the boyfriend with it. The men then took the couple into the home where three children were sleeping.
The suspects wanted money from the couple and began to search the home.
At 5 a.m., officers surrounded the home. That's when the couple was able to escape. Police say one of the robbers also got away.
Police called in the SWAT Unit because of the danger to the children inside the home. SWAT made entry to the home, safely removing the children and arresting the suspect.
Police say the suspect was taken to MetroHealth Medical Center for evaluation after appearing high on drugs.
One officer from the Third District discharged his gun during the altercation. No one was hit due to him firing his weapon.
The man arrested is being held and is not cooperating. He has been arrested for aggravated robbery and kidnapping.
The standoff ended just after 7:30 a.m.
Police are looking for the other suspect. If you have any information you are asked to contact the Cleveland Division of Police at 216.623.5464.


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VANCOUVER -- Marian Gaborik cracked a big smile because now he has some bragging rights over Henrik Lundqvist, his teammate back home in New York.
Gaborik got Slovakia going Wednesday night by scoring the first goal of the game and then he chipped in everywhere else to help his national team earn its biggest win ever.
The Slovaks took down Sweden, the defending gold medalists, in the nightcap at Canada Hockey Place behind a strong effort in net by Jaroslav Halak (26 saves), a three-point game from veteran Pavol Demitra, and a winning goal off of Tomas Kopecky's stick.
When it was over, Gaborik met the media to discuss the game and how in the world Slovakia is going to slay their next superpower opponent, Canada.
Q: Was this the perfect game you had to play in order to beat Sweden?
Gaborik: It's a very important game and we did everything we were talking about before the game. There was a system, being disciplined, being on the puck and wining the battles. We did all of that and Halak was great in net and, you know, I'm proud of these guys.
Q: Now you have the big challenge, but with one game, are you thinking you never know what can happen?
Gaborik: Yeah. I mean, now we have to have a good rest. We have to enjoy the emotions and get back at it in a couple of days.
Q: Are you surprised, shocked at all?
Gaborik: Not really. The way we came out and the way we played all 60 minutes -- even though we had a two-goal lead and they tied it up very quick -- I'm not surprised. I'm very happy and this was an unbelievable game from everybody.
Q: Can you touch on Demitra's game tonight? He had a goal and two assists in his own building.
Gaborik: He's been hurt all year, pretty much, so now I think he's playing his best hockey. Everybody contributed, but he was big for us. We are a very disciplined team defensively. I think it was a tight game overall. Halak was great in net and we got the edge on Lundqvist. It's a big game for us. Huge.
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The nearly forgotten Nordic ski trails near Tahoma used for the 1960 Olympic Nordic events will be one of the sites for the region's Olympic Heritage Celebration in January.
Although many know the 1960 Winter Olympics were held at Squaw Valley, few remember the 1960 Olympic Nordic skiing events took place 15 miles away on Lake Tahoe's West Shore.
After the 1960 Winter Games, the Olympic Nordic Trails and the companion facilities were abandoned. But in 1999, after uncovering a portion of the trails in his backyard in Tahoma, environmental engineer, historian, author and 35-year Tahoe-Truckee resident David Antonucci began spearheading an effort to restore the Olympic trails and create a year-round public recreation facility in the area.
Now, about 15 kilometers (approximately 25 percent) of the 1960 Olympic Nordic Trails have survived and been restored for hiking and biking.
The Olympic Heritage Celebration will run from Jan. 8-17, and will kick off with a commemorative relay from Sugar Pine Point State Park to Squaw Valley USA. The opening celebration will include live music, fireworks and the 1960 Olympians' Reception on Jan. 8.
At the 1960 Olympic Nordic rails at Sugar Pine Point State Park, there will be a biathlon re-enactment Jan. 9, a cross-country expo and demo Jan. 10, the scholastic nordic race (the first sanctioned race held in this venue since the Olympic Winter Games) Jan. 15 and the biathlon Citizens Against the Clock Jan. 16.
Interpretive programs will be going on throughout the week.
The 1960 Olympic Nordic Trails are rolling, narrow trails designed for the traditional striding technique -- at the time, the only type of Nordic skiing (skating or freestyle cross-country skiing, which requires wider trails and no parallel tracks, didn't come into vogue until the late 1970s and early 1980s).
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The Olympians that year competed in the first-ever biathlon competition, a 20-kilometer ski and shoot racecourse looping through the terrain of Tahoma and Homewood. Antonucci's new book, "Snowball's Chance -- The Story of the 1960 Olympic Winter Games, Squaw Valley and Lake Tahoe" recounts the events of the time.
The trails are accessible to the public from Sugar Pine Point State Park, Quail Creek Meadow and McKinney Rubicon Road. Out of the 15 kilometers, 5 kilometers are skiable. At Sugar Pine Point State Park, there are 3 kilometers of Olympic trails out of a total of 6.9 kilometers of groomed trails. The other 2 kilometers is near Homewood Mountain Resort and is not groomed.


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Jackie Curtis' life forever changed when she entered the Harbor House Substance Abuse Halfway House in December 2011.
Jackie Curtis' life forever changed when she entered the Harbor House Substance Abuse Halfway House in December 2011.
She walked in a broken woman who felt she had nothing left to live for. She would leave a woman filled with hope on the path to rebuilding her life.
Today, the 52-year-old New Philadelphia resident is sober, employed and putting her life back together — but it has been a rough road.
"I drank since I was 15. As a child, that's pretty much the life I knew," Curtis said. "It became a coping skill for me."
It was a coping skill that led to her professional and personal problems.
"I've had five DUIs in my lifetime and was married three times," Curtis said. "I ended up losing my job, losing my house and losing my marriage — and losing my son."
It came to a head in late 2011, when her husband of 15 years grew fed up and turned her in to her probation officer.
The judge ordered her to attend the rehabilitation center, which would include a four-month in-patient stay, individual and group therapy, life skills education and assistance in finding housing and employment upon graduation.
Curtis wasn't thrilled about the program at first. "They make you get honest."
Harbor House is one part of Personal & Family Counseling Services, and is an agency supported by the United Way of Tuscarawas
County. Harbor House has both a domestic violence shelter and a substance abuse halfway house.
As executive director of PFCS, Pam Trimmer said the Harbor House programs are aimed at helping reduce homelessness, crime, and helping individuals get back into society in a way that they contribute to society. The programs help children, as well.
Trimmer said the domestic violence shelter often receives support but the halfway house is often stigmatized.
"Yes, they chose to use that first time," Trimmer said. "Unfortunately, there are physiological changes, brain changes, organ function, and the body begins to rely on those substances. It's scary how very quickly a person can be dependent on a substance."
Alcohol and substance abuse are closely related to domestic violence, she said, and the disease can be found in individuals regardless of race, religion or socio-economic background. Trimmer said alcoholism and substance abuse is a disease, and it impacts everyone in one way or the other. "It's a family member. It's a friend. (There might be) 10 percent of the people you're sitting in church with and you just don't know it."
In 2011, the Harbor House hosted 48 women and 17 children at the halfway house, and 44 women and 32 children in the domestic violence shelter, Trimmer said.
The staff provides a facility case manager, and teaches independent living skills such as housing, employment, regaining their driver's license and financial management, she said.
Page 2 of 3 - Trimmer said the Harbor House depends on donations and runs the halfway house on a $500,000 budget and domestic violence shelter on a $300,000 budget. She said the United Way provides about 12 percent for the domestic violence shelter and a smaller percentage for the halfway house.
"They tend to come out of there with a whole new opportunity to live life differently than they ever have," Trimmer said.
First the recipients have to accept those opportunities, and people like Curtis have to learn to be honest.
Honesty isn't a strong suit for alcoholics and substance abusers, she said.
"We lie," Curtis said. "We lie about our use. I stopped at so and so's house. I was only there or a minute. When in reality, I stopped by a liquor store."
When Curtis was confronted with the amount she'd been drinking and the "selfishness and self-centeredness" of her actions, she was defensive.
"Everything in my life was someone else's fault," she said. "Don't you understand? I've had a hard life?"
Reality set in pretty quickly. She had two adult children and one at home who needed her. She was sick of the abusive and unhealthy relationships, romantic and friendship, and she was tired of not being accountable.
"You do things you'd never do if you were sober," she said.
She recalled passing out by 9 p.m. before her son was ready for bed, or being mean to her husband before blacking out. She recalled previous relationships that had been abusive.
"My mother was physically abused by her husband. I was not going to be like my mother. In this disease, I ended up just like her," she said. "That's hard to swallow."
"I just couldn't go on living the life I had," she said.
The first step was accountability. Counselors provided the group with a lot of homework including timelines and speaking about how their actions hurt others.
"It's because of the choices I made," Curtis said. "Nobody made me drink."
She also attended counseling with the domestic violence shelter to learn more about healthy relationships and avoid unhealthy and abusive relationships in the future.
While she was in the Harbor House, she found employment in the food industry. Before she was hired, she told her boss and co-workers about her issues. To her immense gratitude, they congratulated her on sobriety.
"I get a lot of support at work," she said. "They celebrate with me every month and my sobriety."
The Harbor House provided her information and referrals so she could get housing, and once she found a place to live, they provided her with donations of sheets and cookware. Eventually, she regained joint custody of her son.
Page 3 of 3 - Curtis said it has been a long road, and she will always have a struggle to face when it comes to alcohol. "It's about accepting life on life's terms."
She said the Harbor House helped her get on her feet. "Without the Harbor House, I don't believe I'd be sober today."
"(They) taught me it's about the choices I make," Curtis continued. "I choose to live."
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Santa Ana Neighborhood Halloween Decor Gone Too Far?
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Plenty of neighborhoods go all out for Christmas--Candy Cane Lane in Torrance, Eagle Hills in Brea--but what about Halloween?
Three houses on Buffalo Ave. in Santa Ana have started up a friendly tradition of outdoing each other with Halloween decor.
The only problem: As with most things Halloween-y, some think the houses have gone too far with some displays--ritual human sacrifice, anyone? Video and more photos after the jump!
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Mechanical CPR devices compared to manual CPR during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and ambulance transport: a systematic review
1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore, 169608, Singapore
2 Department of Emergency Medicine, Kaiser Permanente, Sacramento, CA, USA
3 Department of Emergency System, Graduate School of Sport System, Kokushikan University, Tokyo, Japan
4 Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
5 Department of Emergency Medicine, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI, USA
6 Department of Emergency Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2012, 20:39 doi:10.1186/1757-7241-20-39Published: 18 June 2012
The aim of this paper was to conduct a systematic review of the published literature to address the question: "In pre-hospital adult cardiac arrest (asystole, pulseless electrical activity, pulseless Ventricular Tachycardia and Ventricular Fibrillation), does the use of mechanical Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) devices compared to manual CPR during Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest and ambulance transport, improve outcomes (e.g. Quality of CPR, Return Of Spontaneous Circulation, Survival)".
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Former longtime Atlanta Braves former third baseman Chipper Jones, left, poses with general manager Frank Wren during a jersey retirement ceremony before their game Friday against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Turner Field.
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It doesn't take a football savant to study the Cowboys roster and realize this team needs help.
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The tally: the team has signed six players at six different positions since free agency began Tuesday afternoon. This is the largest haul in six years.
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"I think we're getting close," said Stephen Jones, the team's chief operating officer. "We're not there yet. We've still got work to do. But I do think we can get that done. Obviously, we've taken a big step. Our goal is to hopefully take care of most of our needs then we get in that draft and cut and shoot and take the best player available."


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As much as I generally despise covering elections and politics as a whole, I can't deny how fundamentally important the democratic process is to our community.
By Greg Pence
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As cleanup from the devastating floods throughout the Carolinas continues, there's a new hazard to consider for used car buyers. Buyers need to know how to avoid purchasing a vehicle that may look great, but could be secretly suffering from flood damage.
By Wayne Goodwin
Your health needs change from year to year, and the benefits and costs of your health plan may change each year, too. That's why it's important to evaluate your Medicare choices every year. The Annual Election Period is the one time of year when all people with Medicare can change their Medicare health plan and prescription drug coverage for 2016.
Take advantage of the Annual Election Period and you may be able to save money, improve your coverage or both.
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Halloween is an exciting time for many children and families. Planning trick-or-treat routes and checking costumes and candy carefully are the keys to celebrating Halloween safely.
It's also important for homeowners to take some simple steps to help keep trick-or-treaters safe.
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Stick to neighborhoods children know well and visit only well-lit houses.
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My family has been visiting Myrtle Beach, S.C., for vacations since before I was born.
While vacationing at the Grand Strand, we always take an evening to visit nearby Calabash, eat at Coleman's and stop by Callahan's for some souvenirs.
We were extremely saddened to hear about the fire that occurred at Coleman's last year. Luckily, it has rebuilt and reopened.
Once every two years, Sunset Beach voters can change the direction of our town.
On Nov. 3, councilmen Williams and Sherrill are up for re-election. They must be defeated. Why?
Four years ago, Williams and Sherrill promised transparency, responsiveness and fiscal responsibility. Instead, they delivered an outrageous four-year spending spree.
I wholeheartedly support Joyce Dunn for mayor of Carolina Shores. She is warm, compassionate, and promises to "get the job Dunn."
During the recent flood, she was out going door to door in the neighborhoods to check on people and lend a hand. She sent out many emails and alerts via NextDoor that helped to unite the community and created a network of volunteers to deal with the crisis. Where was our current mayor or members of the board of commissioners?
I'd like to extend a heartfelt thank you to Chris Wilson and the Sunset Beach Merchants Association for their brilliant idea to have what I hope is the first of many farmers' markets in Sunset Beach Town Park. Thanks also to Sunset Beach Town Council for seeing the vision and approving the market.
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text: More Riots in Missouri After Teen's Fatal Shooting 18-year-old Michael Brown was reportedly unarmed when he was shot and killed By Elizabeth Armstrong Moore, Newser Staff Posted Aug 12, 2014 1:07 AM CDT STORY COMMENTS (131) (Newser) – The St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Mo., was the scene of another evening of rioting and unrest last night as largely young, black crowds faced off against a mostly white police force that reportedly responded with tear gas, reports the Los Angeles Times. But the family of slain teenager Michael Brown, 18, asked the community to remain peaceful so that no more lives will be lost. "No violence, just justice," his mother told reporters. While some demonstrators got down on their knees with their hands raised in symbolic surrender, others shouted, "We will stay out here as long as you are!" Some of the police did not appear to respond to the taunts, while others were caught on camera calling the protesters "animals," reports CNN. Two very different stories have emerged surrounding the shooting of Brown, who was set to start technical college yesterday, two days after he was killed, reports CNN in another review of the details. While the police report suggests Brown, who'd been walking with a friend in the street, attacked an officer in his police car and tried to take his gun when the officer told him to use the sidewalk, witnesses say the officer fired after a verbal altercation and that as Brown turned away and fled he was shot once, then at least twice more after he put his hands in the air. Police have not disputed that Brown was unarmed. The police officer who shot him, a six-year veteran of the force, is on paid administrative leave. USA Today reports that one of Brown's last Facebook posts included the words: "if I leave this earth today, at least youll know i care about others more then I cared about my damn self." The FBI, meanwhile, has taken over the investigation. Marchers in downtown Ferguson, Mo., on Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, as they demonstrate at police headquarters against Saturday's police shooting of Michael Brown. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen) ADVERTISEMENT(Click Prev or Next to continue viewing images.) « Prev« Prev | Next »Next » Slideshow Los Angeles Times (Source Grid ») Crime & Courts • US FBI • riots • police shooting • Ferguson, Missouri • unarmed teen CLICK BELOW TO VOTE 9% 4% 19% 9% 12% 47% RETURN TO THE STORY To report an error on this story, notify our editors.


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SB RS-485-N Module for remote communction to PC
SMA SB RS-485-N Module
The RS-485 communication system is for those situations where a power line carrier won't work. When you have to link not just several inverters, but several Sunny Boy Controls, RS-485 is the tool to use. This current-source bus line system allows simultaneous communication with many nodes to one central controller. And with its ability to link several Sunny Boy Controls the number of Sunny Boy inverters that you can control from one computer becomes virtually infinite.
This option requires dedicated cabling between every inverter in the system and the central controller. This option is only available with the Sunny Boy Control and the Sunny Boy Control Plus. It is not available with the Sunny Boy Control Light.
Also Known As:SB.RS.485.NSB RS 485 NSB_RS_485_NSBRS485N


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NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Final results show that conservative candidate Nicos Anastasiades has won Cyprus' presidential runoff election by one of the widest margins in 30 years.
According to the Interior Ministry's website, with all the votes counted, Anastasiades had won 57.48 percent of the ballots, far ahead of left-wing rival Stavros Malas, who had 42.51 percent of the vote.
Cypriots are choosing their leader at a critical time.
Their country faces the specter of financial meltdown, and the new president will be under pressure to quickly finalize a financial rescue package with the eurozone's other 16 countries and the International Monetary Fund.
(Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)


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|Validation of an FFQ to assess dietary protein intake in type 2 diabetic subjects attending primary health-care services in Mali.
MedLine Citation:
|PMID: 18547447 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|OBJECTIVE: To validate a 53-item quantitative FFQ (QFFQ) for the assessment of dietary protein intake in type 2 diabetic outpatients in Bamako, Mali. DESIGN: Consumption of protein-containing foods over the week preceding the interview was measured with a 7d QFFQ and compared with intakes measured with 48-h recalls. SETTING: Centre National de Lutte contre le Diabète. SUBJECTS: Seventeen male and forty female adults with type 2 diabetes. RESULTS: Correlation between protein intakes estimated using the QFFQ and 48h recalls was 0.63 (P < 0.0001). There was no significant difference between the two methods concerning the total protein daily intakes and intakes per kilogram of body weight. The QFFQ indicated that foods of animal origin were a lesser source of protein. Animal protein intake did not differ between men and women but sources did. In men, the main sources were beef (54 % of total animal protein), fish (15 %) and milk powder (8 %). In women, the principal sources were fish (28 %), beef (20 %) and birds (13 %). In contrast, plant protein intake was significantly higher in men than in women (P = 0.01), but the same plant foods contributed in similar proportions for both genders, rice being by far the greatest source (47 % of plant protein in men, 53 % in women). CONCLUSION: The QFFQ developed in this study is a valid tool to evaluate dietary protein intakes in Malian diabetic subjects. While the total protein intakes were low in both men and women, differences in choices and amounts of protein food sources were shown.
|A Coulibaly; H Turgeon O'Brien; I Galibois
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|Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Validation Studies Date: 2008-06-12
Journal Detail:
|Title: Public health nutrition Volume: 12 ISSN: 1368-9800 ISO Abbreviation: Public Health Nutr Publication Date: 2009 May
Date Detail:
|Created Date: 2009-04-15 Completed Date: 2009-07-16 Revised Date: -
Medline Journal Info:
|Nlm Unique ID: 9808463 Medline TA: Public Health Nutr Country: England
Other Details:
|Languages: eng Pagination: 644-50 Citation Subset: IM
|Département des Sciences des Aliments et de Nutrition, Université Laval, Québec, Canada G1K 7P4.
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|MeSH Terms
Blood Glucose
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2* / blood
Dietary Proteins / analysis*, classification
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Mental Recall
Middle Aged
Nutrition Assessment*
Primary Health Care
Questionnaires / standards*
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|0/Blood Glucose; 0/Dietary Proteins
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Boo's a professional string maker, so if he told ya...he'd have to kill you! Actually, he gets it on tight, very tight.
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I go through quite a few Cavalier Pro serving tools because the cross pins break. I've bought the Spigarelli serving too and it works well and I do not see anything breaking yet. I did swap the tension knob for a wing nut and I think I see some modifications in the future.
Using smaller diameter serving is a good crutch(for lack of better words) for those who cannot serve as well as I do so it's not a bad option. The smaller diameter serving digs in deeper and allows the latches to sit on top of more than one serving wrap at a time. Servings materials that do not lay flat do better in this respect.
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Just wondering, what do you charge for a new string?
I have an older Excal Excocet. I am constantly fighting with the serving. I cannot get them to last. Having a string that will last more than a few shots without re-adjusting the serving would be nice..... Even still, even without separation, my servings in the past seem to have worn out faster than I thought would be reasonable. Certainly not 800 shots on a string.
Now that I think about it.... perhaps I twisted the string in the wrong direction when putting the new string on the bow... (never thought about twist direction before......) which would worsen a loose serving. Will have to check that....
Anyway, how much for a quality string?
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"learnin":D I'm also doing some "stuff" with the relatively heavy draw weight SCM Twinbow II .......sorry, I forgot this is an Excal thread:D
Speaking of the TwinBow II, are you still planning on a report on your findings or did I miss it somewhere? Thanks!
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Sibling started life in 2008 as a men's knitwear label, created by three of the world's most innovating designers Cozette McCreery, Sid Bryan and Joe Bates, whom have worked together and separately on countless projects previously, bringing a wealth of experience to the table for this venture . Their collections informed by punk, pop art and youth culture comprised of bright coloured knitwear with bold graphics, often collaborating with trail blazing artists, soon found a cult following. After the success of Sibling came its womenswear collection Sister by Sibling, creating stunning pieces for women infused with the signature Sibling youth and humour, clothes that truly refuse to take themselves seriously! Here at Hervia we proudly stock a collection of amazing Sibling menswear, womenswear and seriously fun accessories!
For the Spring/Summer 2014 it was America that formed the stylistic basis for the collection – titled 'Sophisticated Boom Boom'. Sculpted florals, pencil skirts and trapeze coats added to the sense of dressing for Sunday best, whilst their first move into denim added a casual workwear element that was coordinated with the American aesthetic. The incredible colors, from pastel pink to neon yellow and soft lavender were inspired by the Tupperware parties of the 1950's. Since launching in 2008 Sibling have continued to go from strength to strength, their show sums up what many people love about British design which incorporates a mix of idiosyncrasy, wit and refinement that is never without a genuine element of fun.


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Has anyone had a DNA ancestry test done? Is it helpful in discovering where your family might have come from?
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Trying to locate the parents of Michael Fadely. He is my grgrgrgrandfather, have been trying to find him for years. Seem to have hit a Brick Wall. He was born in Shenandoah, Va. in 1822, migrated to Ohio and died May, 1898 in Licking County, Ohio.
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I am an informational and observational junkie who collects everything—facts, tips, trivia, recipes, directions, books, websites, songs, lyrics, blog ideas, names for pets, dreams I've had, movies I need to see. You name it and I'll collect it, which is why I can never be without my memo pad and why I'm so happy to be talking about today's featured item: the Icon Press Up Memo/Tap Flag Dispenser. First off, let me tell you that this pop-up pad is geared for the memo-hungry professional. It includes an accordion-style mini notepad and tape flags in five colors and, of course, it pops open with the press of a button, which makes it compact and ideal for business travel. And all the while, it draws attention to your logo or message.
Now, the best thing about a memo is it makes you sit up and take note of the world around you, forcing you to observe the many oddities of life. In fact, here are a few of the tidbits I've found in just the last week:
4,000 people each year are hurt by teapots
Benjamin Franklin invented the rocking chair.
Coca Cola was originally green
My Barber's phone number is 755-2346
The plain Buddy Holly died on was called "The American Pie"
Most toilets flush in E-Flat
In space, astronauts can't cry because there is no gravity, so the tears won't flow
Bears +15 against the Colts is a lock
My advice to you: take notice of the world around you. And when something interesting pops up, be ready…ready with the Icon Press Up Memo/Tap Flag Dispenser.
In fact, I'm so excited that I'm giving a few of these away for trick or treaters tomorrow. I can already imagine the line at the door when the word gets out. Until next time, take notice of life and life will take notice of you.


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Greg Eisemanwrote a review of Stoic WPF Compression Sack on November 1, 2013
Funny story about this sac!
Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I was "on call" at work and there was a big swell. I didn't want to just sit at home when there was waves so I through my iPhone in this bad boy, stuffed it in my wetsuit and hit it up. After surfing for 2 hours (and not getting called in) I went back to the car.
Opening up the dry bag, I noticed there was some condensation on the inside of the bag and my phone was pretty wet but still working. Thank goodness!
When I got home I through my phone in a bag with my scrubs in it to carry everything inside. When I looked in the bag, I found that I had thrown my phone in a yogurt that had blown up from the heat of the car. The yogurt plugged up the headphone jack and the phone stopped working. It survived getting moist in the bag only to get ruined by yogurt! After a week it did start working again!
Sack isn't %100 waterproof
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Darren Crowder has been the dean of enrollment management since August 2014. Crowder graduated from SBU in 1998 with a bachelor of arts degree in religious education and began working as an SBU admissions counselor after his graduation. He was promoted to assistant director of admissions in 2000, associate director of admissions in 2002 and director of admissions in 2005.
As director of admissions, Crowder has been in charge of all aspects of undergraduate recruitment for both the Bolivar and Springfield campuses. He has led SBU to breaking several institutional enrollment records, has grown undergraduate new freshmen enrollment by 18 percent and the academic quality of the freshman class has increased significantly. He is a recipient of the Noel-Levitz Marketing-Recruitment Excellence Award.
As dean of enrollment management, Crowder serves as a member of the president's executive cabinet. His areas of responsibility include undergraduate and graduate admissions for all SBU campuses, student retention, financial aid, and marketing and communications.
Darren and his wife, Lisa, live in Bolivar and have two children, Lily and Lauren.


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The River View Ministerial Association will sponsor a community Thanksgiving dinner and service at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Prairie Chapel United Methodist Church.
Turkey, beverages and place settings will be provided. A covered dish is asked to be brought to share. A worship service led by Pastor Joel Mason will follow at 7 p.m.


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'Here I Am' — Alan Huffman's Gripping Portrait Of Photojournalist Tim Hetherington
Here I Am: The Story of Tim Hetherington, War Photographer
By Alan Huffman
Publisher: Grove Press (978-0-8021-2090-8) • $25.00
Published: March 2013
Here I Am: The Story of Tim Hetherington, War Photographer is a gripping portrait of British-American photojournalist Tim Hetherington, who died while covering the 2011 Libyan uprising.
Tim Hetherington (1970-2011) was one of the world's most distinguished and dedicated photojournalists. He was also an educator in the most profound sense of the word. His life was cut short when he died in a mortar blast while covering the Libyan Civil War. Tim Hetherington was more than dedicated in his pursuit of truth. As painful as it was to hear of his tragic death in revolutionary Libya, looking back, it should have come as no surprise. He was drawn to the important stories as they broke. If something worth knowing was happening in the world, Tim was there, recording the details for history.
(Above: the last communication, a tweet, that any of us would receive from Tim Hetherington)
Tim was also co-director (along with Sebastian Junger) of the Academy Award nominated documentary, Restrepo. The "stars" of Restrepo were The Men of Battle Company 2nd of the 503rd Infantry Regiment 173rd Airborne Combat Team. They were fathers, sons, brothers, friends… they were the brave warriors who signed up to do what needed to be done at the time. They shared more insights into the war experience than any Hollywood movie could ever hope to. The film was not a reenactment, nor was it a fiction "based on a true story." Like so much of Tim's photojournalism, the product was the essence of the event itself. It is impossible to view Restrepo without feeling a connection to the guys in the company or without having a deeper understanding of the multiple experiences of war itself.
In Here I Am, journalist Alan Huffman shares Hetherington's life story. He uses Hetherington's experiences to bring the world an update on what it means to be a war reporter post 9/11. Huffman presents the duality of war journalism when working, as Tim did. For every risk, there is a reward, for every challenge there is a satisfaction, and sometimes for every lucky break, there is an unlucky moment. Huffman immerses us in the details of Hetherington's reality while in the conflict zones with interviews with friends and colleagues that add a personal element to his portrait of Hetherington. For those of us who may have only known Hetherington from Restrepo, the book brings greater appreciation of his work. Huffman curates Hetherington's photographic achievements, from his prize-winning photographs of Liberian children, to his iconic portraits of sleeping U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan.
It is human nature to ask why we are here. Not for Tim Hetherington. As the title of the book states, he was there, plain and simple. Well, maybe not that simply — he was wherever he was with definite purpose. For him, it seemed it was not the questions asked that were important; it was compassion and sharing the story that were imperative. As long as we were walking around (or going to war), scratching our heads and wondering things (like why we were there), Tim was going to see to it that at least we would have the correct information to enable us to come up with the correct answers. Here I Am is a fitting tribute to the life's work of a man who constantly risked his life to give voice to people devastated by war. The book brings you along on the journeys that Hetherington took. It stirs your imagination, even if you'd somehow convinced yourself that you already understood war. Reading Here I Am will remind you that war heroes come in many forms. They are not always necessarily created with ammunition in their hands; a provocative and lethal shot of another kind can sometimes be fired with a Canon as easily as a cannon.
Tim Hetherington did not appear on the scene, get his shot, then return to safer shores. He was committed to telling the stories of those affected by war. He dug in and he gained the trust of those he met wherever he traveled. Here I Am is an opportunity to meet Tim through his lifelong compassion and his creativity. It is a book over too soon. And like Tim, it stays with you.
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Fuck Europe and any other place that doesn't let its citizens legally have one. :)
Lunchtime reading from the Village Voice Empire: Do you happen to need an AK-47, as well as a company to process your credit card transactions? MerchantService.com announced its "Free AK-47 Giveaway" yesterday. Broward-Palm Beach New Times has the story.
Basically, because we are in America, WE FUCKING CAN!!!
Fuck Europe and any other place that doesn't let its citizens legally have one. :)
Hmm.... tempting, very tempting.
Oh sweet, rednecks R us is back in the news!Also I keep getting "The site has blocked you from posting new comments." again
I found it easier to go where bank for credit card processing. Wish they offered guns, beer or women as a promotion.....
Do I have all the guns I need? Maybe. Do I have all the guns I want? No.
Millionaires need AK 47's? What?
I want 100 thousands of them so i can star my own personal army lol
I want one!
Why would anyone want a AK-74? I mean a nice hand gun can come in handy, but an AK?
I don't really know what to say about the insinuations involved in this marketing. BUT the AK is dammmmmmmmnnnnnnnnnnnn sexy, if I do say so myself. But I kind of have a love for my AR15 ;)
An old cop expression was, "I use my handgun to get back to the squad to get my shotgun."
I think an AK could subsitute for the shotgun.
Catlyn because no collection is complete without it.
Yet one more reason to like y0u iLL. :)
That's why we have both :)
And another reason to like you. But again, for the love of Peanut Butter and Porn...your Avatar!!!
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